Word: nincompoop
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...left an abusive diary lying around; he told guests they had obviously come just for the free meal; he took his vacations by himself; he called her extravagant and spent money on fishing tackle. Alfred Ross's countercharge: She had called him "a coward, pansy, bald-headed nincompoop, sap, thief, bum, crazy...
Aime will seem pretty much of a nincompoop to the unprejudiced. A youth of many talents (he gives promise, at different times, of succeeding as a sculptor, a medievalist, a writer), he is unable to assert himself long enough to give any of his abilities a chance. He dares not tell Marlise of his mistress. Andree, and their child, for he knows that the "iron"' mother would never permit him to marry anyone as poor as Andree. But Marlise. after Aime's death, recognizes all her own qualities in her illegitimate grandson, forthwith makes him her heir...