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"ref": "2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club",
"text": "Baron Cohen’s new creation (and the previous ones, too) has its roots in Groucho characters like Captain Jeffrey T. Spaulding, Otis B. Driftwood, and Prof. Quincy Adams Wagstaff, and the concept of a pompous simpleton running a rogue nation has obvious parallels to Duck Soup’s Rufus T. Firefly, who leads the country of Fredonia to a needless and highly preventable war.",
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"ref": "2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 92",
"text": "The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men's mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary.",
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"word": "teveqel"
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"roman": "muḡaffal",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "مُغَفَّل"
},
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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{
"code": "acm",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"word": "اَثْوَل"
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"code": "br",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "genaoueg"
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"roman": "abdál",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ěrbǎiwǔ",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "二百五"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǎguā",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "傻瓜"
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{
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dāizi",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "呆子"
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"word": "dikhar"
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "trouba"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "tosse"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "enfoldig"
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{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "dv",
"lang": "Dhivehi",
"roman": "gamāru",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "ގަމާރު"
},
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "simpele"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "domoor"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "idioot"
},
{
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "eenvoudig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "tomppeli"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "tyhmyri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "hölmö"
},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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],
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},
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "niais"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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],
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{
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"word": "ingénu"
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "parvo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "papaxoubas"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "pastrán"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Einfaltspinsel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Simpel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Naivling"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "naiv"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aploïkós",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "απλοϊκός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "afelís",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "αφελής"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vlax",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "βλαξ"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "koróido",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "κορόιδο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "chazós",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "χαζός"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "morós",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "μωρός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "képphos",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κέπφος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "mamlasz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "balek"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "fajankó"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baothán"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sempliciotto"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "semplicione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "babbeo"
},
{
"code": "it",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "minchione"
},
{
"alt": "のろま",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "noroma",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "鈍間"
},
{
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blennus"
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{
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "barcala"
},
{
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"word": "bārō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stultus"
},
{
"code": "la",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fatuus"
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "ovis"
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vientiesis"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "prostak",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "простак"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "hore"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "rorirori"
},
{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "rorewaru"
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{
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "pōrewarewa"
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"tags": [
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"code": "nrf",
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "nrf",
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"word": "marînjuette"
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{
"code": "no",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "enfoldig"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"word": "Eefelt"
},
{
"code": "pl",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prostak"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "głuptas"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "naiwny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simplório"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "matarruano"
},
{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"code": "pt",
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"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "pateta"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "papalvo"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"word": "tâmpit"
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{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
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"neuter"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neghiob"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prosták",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "проста́к"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prostofílja",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "простофи́ля"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razínja",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "рази́ня"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedotjópa",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
],
"word": "недотёпа"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "ostolóp",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "остоло́п"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naivnyj",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "наивный"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "budala"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "glupan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "naivan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simplón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ababol"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "panoli"
},
{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaznápiro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "papanatas"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "ingenuo"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "glupan"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "naivan"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "simplón"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ababol"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "panoli"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gaznápiro"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "papanatas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ingenuo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "dumbom"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "dummerjöns"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "avanak"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "safdil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "simple-minded naive person lacking common sense",
"word": "keriz"
}
],
"word": "simpleton"
}
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