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"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dumrian"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Eefelt"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tolo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tâmpit"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prost"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neghiob"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nătărău"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bolván",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "болва́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poludúrok",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "полуду́рок"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tupíca",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тупи́ца"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tolo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pundhuvud"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dumskalle"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "person who is deficient in intelligence",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dumbom"
}
],
"word": "dimwit"
}
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