bodohadj.n.
/ˈbəʊdəʊ/, U.S. /ˈboʊˌdoʊ/, Singapore and Malaysian English /ˈboˌdo/ Malaysian English and Singapore English (colloquial and derogatory).
A. adj.
Of a person: stupid, ignorant, dull; foolish, inept.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > idiotic
fonda1400
idiotc1400
idiotish1544
idiotly1581
idiotical1656
idiotic1659
imbecile1778
gypit1804
cretinist1858
cretinous1871
imbecilic1872
bodoh1873
dinlo1907
boob1911
pointy-headed1950
fuckwitted1973
divvy1975
fuckwit1979
numpty1992
1873 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 10/2 A Malay confesses himself ‘bodoh’ or ignorant unless he can write Malay.
1922 Straits Times (Singapore) 5 May 10/2 The authoress confines herself to such dishes..which should prove to be within the capacity of even the usually ‘bodoh’.
1940 Singapore Free Press 23 Nov. 2/3 The comedy is supplied by Puteh Lawak as Kadir, the gardener, who seems completely ‘bodoh’.
1996 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 5 Jan. 3 My friends said that I was bodoh.
2007 T. C. Ean Nine Lives v. 77 You don't know how bodoh you are.
B. n.
A person who is foolish, ignorant, or inept; an idiot, a dunce.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person
Jack foolc1405
drivel1478
idiotc1480
nidiot1533
hare-brain1542
hare-copa1566
nidget1579
lunatic1602
flight-head1605
moonling1631
driveller1682
tomfool1683
niddy-noddy1722
imbecile1781
puggle1783
gype1825
eejit1853
nowmun1854
dinlo1873
loon1885
ratbag1890
doughbakea1895
ding-a-ling1899
feeb1914
dingbat1915
bodoh1922
diddy1933
Nimrod1933
pranny1949
momo1953
head-the-ball1958
flake1968
fuckwit1969
tattie-bogle1969
div1975
tube1975
wazzock1976
gonzo1977
motorhead1979
prannet1979
twonk1981
dough ball1983
numpty1985
divvy1987
1922 Straits Times (Singapore) 15 Apr. 13/2 I think a change in the name of the estate might not be amiss..as in the Malay language ‘Bodoh’ means a ‘fool’.
1975 Straits Times (Singapore) 15 Oct. 8/8 The problem is always with the ‘bodohs’ who cannot spell or pick up basic grammar usage.
1996 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 4 Jan. 12 I beat 500 Malayalees... From that moment on any thought of being a Bodoh vanished from my mind.
2011 B. Hembry Malayan Spymaster 152 He shouted at the top of his voice for us to keep quiet and not to be bodohs.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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