Complete Definition of "simpleton"

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English

Etymology
simple + -ton (as in a surname).

Noun
en-noun

  1. A simple person lacking common sense.

Quotations
2001 � w:Eoin Colfer|Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, p 92
:The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men's mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary.

Translations
trans-top|simple person lacking common sense
Dutch: t-|nl|simpele, t|nl|domoor|m, t|nl|idioot|m
Finnish: tyhmyri, hupsu, hölmö, pöllöpää
French: nigaud m
trans-mid
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da:simpleton
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te:simpleton
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