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simpleton

[sim-puhl-tuhn]

noun

Sometimes Offensive.
  1. an ignorant, foolish, or silly person.

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simpleton

/ ˈɪəə /

noun

  1. a foolish or ignorant person

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of simpleton1

First recorded in 1640–50; simple + -ton
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He calls the president a “simpleton” — one assumes Armstrong is reflecting on the current one — but for all their power, money and influence, they all lack wisdom.

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He was a soldier simpleton who appeared in comic drawings about life in the army in the 1890s.

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DeSantis is a smart guy trying to run as a simpleton.

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But it's also the type of suggestion a grasping simpleton would make, someone who knows the letter of the law but doesn't respect what it's there to protect or prevent.

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Characters with disabilities are often cast as villains, superpowered by disability, victims, the butt of a joke or simpletons rather than fully realized humans.

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