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tomppeli — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bumpkin noun An unsophisticated, awkward person from the countryside; a yokel.
  • coxcomb noun The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
  • dolt noun A stupid or slow-witted person.
  • dumbledore noun An old dialect word for a bumblebee.
  • fool noun A person who acts or thinks without good sense or judgment.
  • ignoramus noun A person who is strikingly uninformed or unwilling to learn; a fool.
  • jerk verb To move suddenly and sharply, often without control.
  • loser noun Someone who fails to win a game, contest, or competition.
  • pinhead noun The small, rounded head of a pin, often used to describe something tiny.
  • sap noun The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying nutrients.
  • simpleton noun A person who lacks common sense or shows poor judgement; a foolish person.
  • snipe noun A long-billed wading bird found in marshes and wetlands.

Senses

tomppeli is used for these senses in English:

  • bumpkin A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
  • coxcomb (by extension) A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.
  • dolt (pejorative) A stupid person; a blockhead or dullard.
  • dumbledore (slang) A blundering person.
  • dumdum (childish, _, or, _, endearing) An ignorant person; an idiot.
  • fool (pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
  • ignoramus A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
  • jerk (US, slang, pejorative) A stupid person; an idiot or fool.

coxcomb — full definition

  1. noun The cap of a court jester, adorned with a red stripe.
  2. noun The fleshy red pate of a rooster.
  3. noun A foolish or conceited person; a dandy.

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