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- noun A
foolish person.
Etymologies
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Examples
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He could see it even talking to Dr. Sheffield, who was a nice fellow for a noncompos.
The Martian Way Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1955
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He thought of the dusty attic that the noncompos called minds and almost laughed.
The Martian Way Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1955
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He was the first Mnemonic to be taken away from Service headquarters; the first to be separated from all of his kind; the first to be isolated among noncompos.
The Martian Way Asimov, Isaac, 1920- 1955
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-- Would not Mr. Everett be inclined to suspect that these friends of the Marquis of Argyle were deluded men, and possibly noncompos mentis; and suppose that these friends of the
Five Pebbles from the Brook George Bethune English 1807
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