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