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A person of weak intellect; a silly person.

changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. [Obs.] Drayton.

A simpleton; an idiot. Macaulay. Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. Wildly we roam in discontent about. Dryden.

One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Hudibras.

A simpleton; a dupe. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A simpleton. [Obs.] It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).

A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.]

A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [Obs.] Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop. Beau. & Fl.

A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull. [Colloq.] Or if you can not make a speech, Because you are a flat. Holmes.

A fool; a simpleton; a ninny. [Obs.] Chapman.

absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt. Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. Milton. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Franklin.

A stupid or insignaficant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.] Hudibras.

A simpleton; a dunce; a lout. [Colloq.]

A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. Carlyle.

A silly creature; a simpleton.

A simpleton; a gawk or gawky.

A fool; a simpleton; -- a term of reproach. Weenest thou make an idiot of our dame Chaucer.

One who is morally or mentally weak or inefficient; an imbecile; a simpleton.

An unsophisticated person; hence, a child; a simpleton; an idiot. B. Jonson. In Scotland a natural fool was called an innocent. Sir W. Scott. Innocents' day (Eccl.), Childermas day.