| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | nim·rod |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n m r d |
| NOUN: | 1. also Nimrod A hunter. 2. Informal A person regarded as silly, foolish, or stupid. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Nimrod. Sense 2, probably from the phrase “poor little Nimrod,” used by the cartoon character Bugs Bunny to mock the hapless hunter Elmer Fudd.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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