nincom

plural nincoms · alternative nincum

1. datedinformalA fool; a nincompoop.

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   In decrying a decision of the court in the case of a man on trial for the larceny of a watch, the Gazette said editorially: "Many a poor, plodding attorney in the states, when he shall read the above decision of the supreme court of Michigan, will kick his Blackstone out of his office and acknowledge himself a nincom." The dignity of the court could suffer no such discourtesy, and Sheldon was immediately ordered arrested for his presumption and contempt.

   2017, Clarence Monroe Burton, Compendium of history and biography of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan