Simpleton

Definitions

A simple-minded person lacking common sense.

derogatory, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men's mothers. Nothing could get⟳ him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary.”

“Baron Cohen’s new creation (and the previous ones, too) has its roots in Groucho characters like⟳ Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding, Otis B. Driftwood, and Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff, and the concept of a pompous simpleton running a rogue nation has obvious parallels to Duck Soup’s Rufus T. Firefly, who leads the country of Fredonia to a needless and highly preventable war.”

““Doesn't matter⟳. That man is not the leader.” “But he is the main guy on the show⟳.” “He is an actor, Nandor. A simpleton who paints his face⟳. He is an empty-headed puppet who thinks the world loves him, when in actual fact, he is nothing more than a lapdog begging for scraps.” [groans] “No, he is not the leader. That would be another devil who pulls the strings. The halfwit they call⟳ the director.””

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