nickumpoop

plural nickumpoops

1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of nincompoop.

   Nickumpoop, or Nincumpoop, a fooliſh fellow; alſo one who never ſaw his wife's ****.

   [1785, [Francis Grose], “Nickumpoop, or Nincumpoop”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: […] S[amuel] Hooper, […], →OCLC

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   The Ship of Fools Fully Fraught and Richly Laden with Asses, Fools, Jack-daws, Ninnihammers, Coxcombs, Slender-wits, Shallowbrains, Paper-Skuls, Simpletons, Nickumpoops, Wiseakers, Dunces, and Blockheads. Declaring their several Natures, Manners, and Constitutions; the occasion why this Ship was built, with the places of their intended Voyage, and a lift of the Officers that bear Command therein [book title].

   [1662?], The Ship of Fools [...], London: Printed by J[ohn] W[inter] for J[ohn] Clark, […], →OCLC, title page

   Mous[trappa]. O you huffing Son of a Whore. / Drink[allup]. You rotten Jack in a box. / Bean[tosser]. You foul mouth'd Nickumpoop.

   1674 (first performance), T[homas] Duffett, The Mock-Tempest: or The Enchanted Castle. […], London: Printed for William Cademan […], published 1675, →OCLC; republished in Montague Summers, “The New Tempest or The Enchanted Castle”, in Shakespeare Adaptations: The Tempest, The Mock Tempest, and King Lear. […], London: Jonathan Cape […], 1922, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 114