A stammering or blundering fool.
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释义 | the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun] (45) mafflardc1450 A stammering or blundering fool. juffler15.. dromedary1567 A stupid, bungling fellow. Obsolete. Cf. drumble-dore n. at drumble-, comb._form affix. madbrain1570 A hot-headed or uncontrolled person; a scatterbrain. batie buma1586 A lazy or feckless person; an idler. Cf. blaitie bum, n., baty bummill, n., bummill baty, n. addle-head1592 a person whose mind is (supposedly) addled; a stupid or contemptible person. blunderkin1596 A blundering fellow, a muddlepate. nit1598 colloquial. Originally: an insignificant, inconsequential, or contemptible person. In later use chiefly: spec. a foolish, stupid, or incompetent… addle-pate1601 = addle-head n. hash1655 depreciative (chiefly Scottish). A person who makes a mess of things; one who speaks or acts clumsily, foolishly, or overhastily. Cf. hashy, adj. 2. blunderbuss1692 transferred. A blundering fellow, a blunderhead. blunderhead1692 A blundering muddle-headed fellow. shaffles1703 a bungler, shiftless person. fog-pate1732 a muddle-headed person. blunderer1741 One who makes gross mistakes by incompetence or negligence. puzzle-pate1761 A puzzle-headed person; a person confused in his or her mind or ideas. slouch1767 Originally U.S. slang. A poor, indifferent, or inefficient thing, place, person, etc. Chiefly in the negative phrase no slouch of (something); also… étourdi1768 A thoughtless, irresponsible, or foolish person (esp. a man); a scatterbrain. Cf. étourdie, n. botch1769 colloquial. An unskilful or incompetent worker; = botcher, n.1 1. Also (more generally): a useless person, a failure; a bungler; an incompetent… puddle1782 Scottish and English regional (midlands) in later use. An incompetent person, a bungler; a slow or inefficient worker. bumble1789 Scottish. A blundering or incompetent person; = bumbler, n.1 Obsolete. scatter-brain1790 One who is incapable of serious connected thought; a thoughtless, giddy person. addle-brain1799 = addle-head n. puzzle-head1815 A puzzle-headed person; a person confused in his or her mind or thought. shaffler1828 a person who ‘shaffles’. chowderhead1833 A blockhead; a muddle-headed person. muddlehead1833 A muddle-headed person; a disorganized or confused mind. muddler1833 A person who creates muddles; a person who works or thinks in a muddled way. flounderer1836 one who flounders. duffer1842 A person who is, or proves to be, without practical ability or capacity in a particular occupation or undertaking; an incompetent, inefficient, or… muddle-pate1844 = muddlehead, n. plug1848 slang (originally North American). Originally and chiefly U.S. An incompetent or undistinguished person. Also, more generally: a bloke, a fellow. incompetent1866 An incompetent person. schlemiel1868 An awkward or clumsy person, a blunderer; a habitually unlucky person; a foolish or pathetic person. dinlo1873 A stupid, annoying, or hapless person; an idiot, a fool. drumble-dore1881 a clumsily-flying insect, esp. a bumblebee; (figurative) a sluggish, slow-witted person. hodmandod1881 Any strange creature; a scarecrow. dialect. dub1887 One who is inexperienced or unskilful at anything; a duffer, fool. prune1895 colloquial (originally U.S.). A disagreeable, disliked, or unattractive person; a foolish, or inept person; (now also) an old person. foozler1896 one who foozles, a bungler. bollock1916 figurative. In plural. Chiefly Irish English. A stupid, contemptible, or blundering man or boy. messer1926 colloquial. A person who makes a mess, or who messes about (in various senses); a muddler, a bungler. Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942 Air Force slang. Originally and chiefly as Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune. (The name of) a character in a series of Air Force information cartoons… spaz1965 = spastic, n. 2 (see also quot. 1977). spastic1981 In weakened use, esp. contemptuously: one who is uncoordinated or incompetent; a fool. Cf. spaz, n. slang (offensive). |
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