simpletonsim‧ple‧ton /ˈsɪmpəltən/ noun [countable] old-fashioned simpletonOrigin:
1600-1700 simple + -ton (probably as in names like Washington) - He did not in the least wish the future Mrs Newland Archer to be a simpleton.
- Like some bloody simpleton he was being drawn in.
- The courts accept that ordinary readers are not literal-minded simpletons.
- The merest simpleton could draw the conclusion.
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