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  • 111folly — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of good sense Nouns 1. folly, silliness, foolishness, inanity, idiocy; frivolity, ineptitude; giddiness; inattention; irrationality, eccentricity (see insanity); extravagance, nonsense, absurdity;… …

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  • 112fool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See folly. v. dupe, mislead; idle away; tamper. See deception, change, inactivity. fool around II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A silly or stupid person] Syn. nitwit, simpleton, dunce, ninny, cretin, nincompoop …

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  • 113youth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of being young Nouns 1. youth, juvenility, juvenescence, immaturity, juniority; childhood, boyhood, maidenhood, girlhood, youthhood; minority, nonage, teenage, teens, tender age, bloom; prime… …

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  • 114weakling — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. puny person, feeble creature, dotard, coward, crybaby, invertebrate, mollycoddle, milksop, jellyfish*, sissy*, softie*, pushover*, namby pamby*, puff*, punk*. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. *wimp, milquetoast, *pansy,… …

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  • 115Pantaloons —    , PANTS    For decades in England no gentleman would dare be seen wearing what were mockingly called pantaloons. No less a national hero than the Duke of Wellington was refused admittance to a club because he was wearing long pants rather than …

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  • 116rotard — 1. One who has become stupid through the use of rotation. 2. Dizzy person. (Compare to actual English word dotard.) Look at those rotards getting off the roller coaster …

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  • 117rotard — 1. One who has become stupid through the use of rotation. 2. Dizzy person. (Compare to actual English word dotard.) Look at those rotards getting off the roller coaster …

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  • 118dastard — [ dastəd, dα: ] noun dated or humorous a dishonourable or despicable person. Origin ME: prob. from dazed, influenced by dotard and bastard …

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  • 119driveller — n. [Written also Driveler.] 1. Slaverer, drooler. 2. Dotard, idiot, simpleton, fool, imbecile, twattler, senseless gabbler …

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  • 120imbecile — I. a. 1. Weak, feeble, infirm, helpless, decrepit. 2. Foolish, witless, drivelling, idiotic, fatuous. II. n. 1. Dotard, feeble person. 2. Idiot, natural, congenital imbecile …

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