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Meanings of simpleton in English

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A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

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      Usage of simpleton in English
      1
      In this art, as in most others, I was an unpractised simpleton.
      Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
      2
      No offense if I have to laugh; you looked like a simpleton.
      Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings
      3
      He is too great a simpleton; he will marry that little Rosémilly.
      The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII.
      4
      I was a vacillating simpleton, and you held me in your trammels.
      Elster's Folly: A Novel
      5
      Let not the simpleton think a woman will sympathize with his simplicity:
      Hints for Lovers
      6
      The simpleton could hardly contain himself for joy when he heard this.
      Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know
      7
      At its best, a smiling simpleton; at its worst, a murderous maniac.
      The Crown of Life
      8
      And here is Andrew, who is made a simpleton through ravaging illness.
      The heretic's daughter: a novel
      9
      That Joyce has been more like a simpleton lately than like herself.
      East Lynne
      10
      He might have preferred three more lashes than wearing this simpleton's suit.
      Speaks the Nightbird
      11
      Remember the simpleton was not wholly eradicated then.-Yes ,verymuch a woman.
      The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
      12
      When I am well, give me a simpleton, to make me laugh.
      A Simpleton
      13
      He is a simpleton, stupid enough to ruin himself by running after--
      Father Goriot
      14
      If Syoma here, our simpleton, will stay alone, I will take you.
      The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
      15
      The judge's wife told Alzugaray that this Don Ramón was a simpleton.
      Cæsar or Nothing
      16
      What could a fellow do but let the poor old simpleton go?
      No Hero
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