simpletonn.

Brit.

/ˈsɪmplt(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˈsɪmpəltən/

Forms: 1600s sympleton, 1600s– simpleton.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: simple adj., English -ton.

Etymology: Probably < simple adj. + -ton (in surnames with that ending), probably originally as a (humorous) surname for a generic character (compare quot. 1639 and note at sense 1). Compare earlier simple n. 3.With the semantic motivation of sense 2 compare quot. 1967.

1. An unintelligent, ignorant, or gullible person; a fool.In quot. 1639 as a humorous surname for a character who gathers medicinal herbs and is also characterized as stupid, and so with punning reference to simple n. 4a.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun]

boinarda1300

daffc1325

goky1377

nicea1393

unwiseman1400

totc1425

alphinc1440

dawc1500

hoddypeak1500

dawpatea1529

hoddypolla1529

noddy1534

kimec1535

coxcomb1542

sheep1542

sheep's head1542

goose1547

dawcock1556

nodgecock1566

peak-goosea1568

hottie tottie?c1570

Tom Towly1582

wittol1588

goose-cap1589

nodgecomb1592

ninny1593

chicken1600

fopdoodle16..

hoddy-noddy1600

hoddy-doddy1601

peagoose1606

fopster1607

nazold1607

nupson1607

wigeon1607

fondrel1613

simpleton1639

pigwidgeon1640

simpletonian1652

Tony1654

nizy1673

Simple Simon?1673

Tom Farthing1674

totty-head1680

cockcomb1684

cod1699

nikin1699

sap-pate1699

simpkin1699

mackninnya1706

gilly-gaupus?1719

noodle1720

sapskull1735

gobbin?1746

Judy1781

zanya1784

spoony1795

sap-head1798

spoon1799

gomerel1814

sap1815

neddy1818

milestone1819

sunket1823

sunketa1825

gawp1825

gawpy1825

gawpus1826

Tomnoddy1826

Sammy1828

tammie norie1828

Tommy1828

gom1834

noodlehead1835

nowmun1854

gum-sucker1855

flat-head1862

peggy1869

noodledum1883

jay1884

toot1888

peanut head1891

simp1903

sappyhead1922

Arkie1927

putz1928

steamer1932

jerk-off1939

drongo1942

galah1945

Charley1946

nong-nong1959

mouth-breather1979

twonk1981

1639 J. Taylor Divers Crabtree Lect. 10 Now Good-man Simpleton... I see you are troubled with the Simples, you had not need to goe a simpling every yeare as you doe, God knowes you have so little wit already.

1640 H. Mill Nights Search xxxv. 164 That Simpleton had brought a Hakney downe.

1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 16 It was a wish of St. Austin.., but I see now that the Father was a simpleton.

1716 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 281 This Morning preached at S^t. Marie's M^r. Poynter (that Dull Simpleton) of Merton Coll.

1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxv. 182 The silly invectives of every simpleton, who writes in a news-paper.

1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. viii. 158 The simpleton hero of one novel has no connexion with the simpleton hero of another.

1878 C. Gibbon For the King (new ed.) xvii He is something of a simpleton, and did not recognise you.

1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 37/1 The laughing stock of everybody in town—a simpleton who let himself be duped.

1989 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (2000) II. 6th Ser. Episode 5. 109/2 It's all a load of old tosh. Only a simpleton would believe in it.

2017 J. Cohen Luxurious Citizens iii. 97 It would be only the simpletons who would be deceived.

2. U.S. regional. The dunlin, Calidris alpina. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris alpinus (dunlin)

stint1519

dunlin1531

oxbirda1547

sea-lark1602

purre1611

ox-eye1612

jack snipe1664

spar1668

pickerel1684

sand laverock1694

sandy laverock1710

sea-snipe1767

plover's page1771

sand lark1771

red-back1813

red-backed sandpiper1813

ebb-sleeper1837

oxybird1887

simpleton1890

plover's provider1892

sand-runner1894

1890 Cent. Dict. Simpleton, the American dunlin, purre, or ox-bird.

a1899 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (1903) II. 820 P. a. pacifica. (Fig, 572.) American Dunlin. Black-bellied Sandpiper... Simpleton. Stib. Bill longer than head or tarsus, compressed at base, rather depressed at end, usually appreciably decurved.

1967 New Yorker 27 May 40/3 That the dunlin was called the ‘simpleton’ on Long Island indicates the low esteem in which its brain was held.

Derivatives

ˌsimpleˈtonic adj. rare characteristic or suggestive of a simpleton; foolish.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective]

weak1423

simple-hearted?c1425

good1480

innocent1548

plain-headeda1586

simple1604

green1605

zany1616

soft1621

ungifted1637

softly1652

half-witted1712

simple-minded1749

simpletonic1780

simpletonian1800

sawney1805

simpletonish1819

simply disposed1848

putty-headed1857

cabbage-looking1898

goonish1921

wally1922

1780 Characters Present Most Celebrated Courtezans 200 Such a simpletonic simper accompanies her every word.

2002 Africa News (Nexis) 6 Aug. Its formula is actually disappointingly naive and simpletonic in political terms.

ˈsimpletonish adv. and adj. rare †(a) adv. in the manner of a simpleton (obsolete); (b) adj. characteristic or suggestive of a simpleton; somewhat simple-minded.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective]

weak1423

simple-hearted?c1425

good1480

innocent1548

plain-headeda1586

simple1604

green1605

zany1616

soft1621

ungifted1637

softly1652

half-witted1712

simple-minded1749

simpletonic1780

simpletonian1800

sawney1805

simpletonish1819

simply disposed1848

putty-headed1857

cabbage-looking1898

goonish1921

wally1922

1819 S. T. Coleridge Let. 22 Apr. (1959) IV. 939 A. we are to suppose writes like a Simpleton; and B. writes tenfold more simpletonish.

1847 Lady E. Eastlake Jrnls. & Corr. (1895) I. 212 Simple and childlike, and simpletonish in his manner.

1975 Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, W. Va.) 2 Mar. 7 s/3 The lyrics are simpletonish.

ˈsimpletonism n. qualities or behaviour characteristic of a simpleton; the fact of being a simpleton.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [noun]

simplenessa1382

innocencec1385

simplessec1391

simplicityc1450

innocencya1513

simplehead1543

greenness1548

insipidity1603

seeliness1642

niaiserie1657

silliness1736

simpletonism1825

simple-mindedness1827

simpletonianism1848

noodleness1931

1825 J. Rennie Art of preserving Hair xi. 254 Very light eye-brows indeed impart to the countenance a sort of babyish vacancy and simpletonism.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 394 His imagination was beguiling him with some image of captivating simpletonism; frequently and oddly confounded with simplicity.

2003 T. Griggs Rogue's Wedding xi. 223 That fellow's eyebrows met in the middle—a sure sign of simpletonism.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	simpleton
释义	simpletonn. Brit. /ˈsɪmplt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈsɪmpəltən/ Forms: 1600s sympleton, 1600s– simpleton. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: simple adj., English -ton. Etymology: Probably < simple adj. + -ton (in surnames with that ending), probably originally as a (humorous) surname for a generic character (compare quot. 1639 and note at sense 1). Compare earlier simple n. 3.With the semantic motivation of sense 2 compare quot. 1967. 1. An unintelligent, ignorant, or gullible person; a fool.In quot. 1639 as a humorous surname for a character who gathers medicinal herbs and is also characterized as stupid, and so with punning reference to simple n. 4a. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > fool, simpleton > [noun] boinarda1300 daffc1325 goky1377 nicea1393 unwiseman1400 totc1425 alphinc1440 dawc1500 hoddypeak1500 dawpatea1529 hoddypolla1529 noddy1534 kimec1535 coxcomb1542 sheep1542 sheep's head1542 goose1547 dawcock1556 nodgecock1566 peak-goosea1568 hottie tottie?c1570 Tom Towly1582 wittol1588 goose-cap1589 nodgecomb1592 ninny1593 chicken1600 fopdoodle16.. hoddy-noddy1600 hoddy-doddy1601 peagoose1606 fopster1607 nazold1607 nupson1607 wigeon1607 fondrel1613 simpleton1639 pigwidgeon1640 simpletonian1652 Tony1654 nizy1673 Simple Simon?1673 Tom Farthing1674 totty-head1680 cockcomb1684 cod1699 nikin1699 sap-pate1699 simpkin1699 mackninnya1706 gilly-gaupus?1719 noodle1720 sapskull1735 gobbin?1746 Judy1781 zanya1784 spoony1795 sap-head1798 spoon1799 gomerel1814 sap1815 neddy1818 milestone1819 sunket1823 sunketa1825 gawp1825 gawpy1825 gawpus1826 Tomnoddy1826 Sammy1828 tammie norie1828 Tommy1828 gom1834 noodlehead1835 nowmun1854 gum-sucker1855 flat-head1862 peggy1869 noodledum1883 jay1884 toot1888 peanut head1891 simp1903 sappyhead1922 Arkie1927 putz1928 steamer1932 jerk-off1939 drongo1942 galah1945 Charley1946 nong-nong1959 mouth-breather1979 twonk1981 1639 J. Taylor Divers Crabtree Lect. 10 Now Good-man Simpleton... I see you are troubled with the Simples, you had not need to goe a simpling every yeare as you doe, God knowes you have so little wit already. 1640 H. Mill Nights Search xxxv. 164 That Simpleton had brought a Hakney downe. 1672 H. Stubbe Rosemary & Bayes 16 It was a wish of St. Austin.., but I see now that the Father was a simpleton. 1716 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1901) V. 281 This Morning preached at S^t. Marie's M^r. Poynter (that Dull Simpleton) of Merton Coll. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xxv. 182 The silly invectives of every simpleton, who writes in a news-paper. 1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. viii. 158 The simpleton hero of one novel has no connexion with the simpleton hero of another. 1878 C. Gibbon For the King (new ed.) xvii He is something of a simpleton, and did not recognise you. 1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 37/1 The laughing stock of everybody in town—a simpleton who let himself be duped. 1989 J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (2000) II. 6th Ser. Episode 5. 109/2 It's all a load of old tosh. Only a simpleton would believe in it. 2017 J. Cohen Luxurious Citizens iii. 97 It would be only the simpletons who would be deceived. 2. U.S. regional. The dunlin, Calidris alpina. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > genus Calidris > calidris alpinus (dunlin) stint1519 dunlin1531 oxbirda1547 sea-lark1602 purre1611 ox-eye1612 jack snipe1664 spar1668 pickerel1684 sand laverock1694 sandy laverock1710 sea-snipe1767 plover's page1771 sand lark1771 red-back1813 red-backed sandpiper1813 ebb-sleeper1837 oxybird1887 simpleton1890 plover's provider1892 sand-runner1894 1890 Cent. Dict. Simpleton, the American dunlin, purre, or ox-bird. a1899 E. Coues Key to N. Amer. Birds (1903) II. 820 P. a. pacifica. (Fig, 572.) American Dunlin. Black-bellied Sandpiper... Simpleton. Stib. Bill longer than head or tarsus, compressed at base, rather depressed at end, usually appreciably decurved. 1967 New Yorker 27 May 40/3 That the dunlin was called the ‘simpleton’ on Long Island indicates the low esteem in which its brain was held. Derivatives ˌsimpleˈtonic adj. rare characteristic or suggestive of a simpleton; foolish. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective] weak1423 simple-hearted?c1425 good1480 innocent1548 plain-headeda1586 simple1604 green1605 zany1616 soft1621 ungifted1637 softly1652 half-witted1712 simple-minded1749 simpletonic1780 simpletonian1800 sawney1805 simpletonish1819 simply disposed1848 putty-headed1857 cabbage-looking1898 goonish1921 wally1922 1780 Characters Present Most Celebrated Courtezans 200 Such a simpletonic simper accompanies her every word. 2002 Africa News (Nexis) 6 Aug. Its formula is actually disappointingly naive and simpletonic in political terms. ˈsimpletonish adv. and adj. rare †(a) adv. in the manner of a simpleton (obsolete); (b) adj. characteristic or suggestive of a simpleton; somewhat simple-minded. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective] weak1423 simple-hearted?c1425 good1480 innocent1548 plain-headeda1586 simple1604 green1605 zany1616 soft1621 ungifted1637 softly1652 half-witted1712 simple-minded1749 simpletonic1780 simpletonian1800 sawney1805 simpletonish1819 simply disposed1848 putty-headed1857 cabbage-looking1898 goonish1921 wally1922 1819 S. T. Coleridge Let. 22 Apr. (1959) IV. 939 A. we are to suppose writes like a Simpleton; and B. writes tenfold more simpletonish. 1847 Lady E. Eastlake Jrnls. & Corr. (1895) I. 212 Simple and childlike, and simpletonish in his manner. 1975 Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, W. Va.) 2 Mar. 7 s/3 The lyrics are simpletonish. ˈsimpletonism n. qualities or behaviour characteristic of a simpleton; the fact of being a simpleton. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [noun] simplenessa1382 innocencec1385 simplessec1391 simplicityc1450 innocencya1513 simplehead1543 greenness1548 insipidity1603 seeliness1642 niaiserie1657 silliness1736 simpletonism1825 simple-mindedness1827 simpletonianism1848 noodleness1931 1825 J. Rennie Art of preserving Hair xi. 254 Very light eye-brows indeed impart to the countenance a sort of babyish vacancy and simpletonism. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 394 His imagination was beguiling him with some image of captivating simpletonism; frequently and oddly confounded with simplicity. 2003 T. Griggs Rogue's Wedding xi. 223 That fellow's eyebrows met in the middle—a sure sign of simpletonism. 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