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dimbo

noun

Etymology

Blend of dim + dumbo, influenced by bimbo.

  1. derived from dom
  2. derived from dumm
  3. inherited from *dʰewbʰ-✻
  4. inherited from *dumbaz✻
  5. inherited from *dumb✻
  6. inherited from dumb — “silent, speechless, mute, unable to speak”
  7. inherited from dumb — “silent, speechless, mute, ineffectual”
  8. suffixed as dumbo — “dumb + o”
  9. compounded as dimbo — “dim + dumbo”

Definitions

  1. A dimwit or idiot.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dimbo. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA