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Definition of Nincompoopery
1. [n -RIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nincompoopery
Literary usage of Nincompoopery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"... goodness of Dobbin, with the vicious nincompoopery and selfishness of George
Osborne. For these are things which, though experience may lead to the ..."
2. Corrected Impressions: Essays on Victorian Writers by George Saintsbury (1895)
"... with the chuckle-headed goodness of Dobbin, with the vicious nincompoopery
and the selfishness of George Osborne. For these are things which, ..."
3. The Yellow Van by Richard Whiteing (1903)
"... nincompoopery, alike in body and in soul. On his entry, the others said in
chorus, "Good evening, Mr. Councilor.'' It was a new form for the new ..."