THE FIRST WORD

nincompoop

PRONUNCIATION:

(NIN-kuhm-poop, NING-) 

MEANING:

noun: A silly or stupid person.

ETYMOLOGY:

Origin unknown. Earliest documented use: 1673.

USAGE:

"I was a nincompoop. A moron. A blockhead."
Jeanne Birdsall; The Penderwicks at Point Mouette; Knopf; 2011.