dinlon.adj.
/ˈdɪnləʊ/, U.S. /ˈdɪnˌloʊ/ In Romany usage and slang (English regional (south-eastern)).
A. n.
A stupid, annoying, or hapless person; an idiot, a fool.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > [noun] > idiot, crazy person
Jack foolc1405
drivel1478
idiotc1480
nidiot1533
hare-brain1542
hare-copa1566
nidget1579
lunatic1602
flight-head1605
moonling1631
driveller1682
tomfool1683
niddy-noddy1722
imbecile1781
puggle1783
gype1825
eejit1853
nowmun1854
dinlo1873
loon1885
ratbag1890
doughbakea1895
ding-a-ling1899
feeb1914
dingbat1915
bodoh1922
diddy1933
Nimrod1933
pranny1949
momo1953
head-the-ball1958
flake1968
fuckwit1969
tattie-bogle1969
div1975
tube1975
wazzock1976
gonzo1977
motorhead1979
prannet1979
twonk1981
dough ball1983
numpty1985
divvy1987
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > person of weak intellect > confused, muddled person > [noun]
mafflardc1450
juffler15..
dromedary1567
madbrain1570
batie buma1586
addle-head1592
blunderkin1596
nit1598
addle-pate1601
hash1655
blunderbuss1692
blunderhead1692
shaffles1703
fog-pate1732
blunderer1741
puzzle-pate1761
slouch1767
étourdi1768
botch1769
puddle1782
bumble1789
scatter-brain1790
addle-brain1799
puzzle-head1815
shaffler1828
chowderhead1833
muddlehead1833
muddler1833
flounderer1836
duffer1842
muddle-pate1844
plug1848
incompetent1866
schlemiel1868
dinlo1873
drumble-dore1881
hodmandod1881
dub1887
prune1895
foozler1896
bollock1916
messer1926
Pilot Officer (also P.O.) Prune1942
spaz1965
spastic1981
the mind > emotion > suffering > state of annoyance or vexation > [noun] > cause of annoyance or vexation > one who or that which annoys
noyera1382
annoyancec1405
offender?a1425
fretter?1504
traik1513
vexer1530
annoying1566
annoyer1577
plagueship1628
annoyancer1632
disobliger1648
nuisance1661
galler1674
bug1785
torment1785
botheration1801
nark1846
scunner1865
bother1866
botherer1869
crucifier1870
dinlo1873
bastard1919
skelf1927
dick1966
wazzock1976
knob jockey1989
1873 H. Smith Tent Life with Eng. Gipsies in Norway xxxvi. 425 Ambrose can talk, can't he? The mumply dinlo!
1956 D. Reeve in Countryman Summer 266 Ain't that the unbelievingest child in the world? You brazen dinilo, I'm a-gittin' an old stick now an' I'll stripe you till you'm dead.
1997 Pamela & Tommy Lee's Secret Video in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet newsgroup) 27 Aug. I'm a right old dinlo.
2009 @666hammerette 10 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Can u believe that 5 weeks ago some dinlow pinched my grey rubbish bin!!!
2012 R. Penfold Posy Wild Flowers vi. 87 I understand how hard it is to learn anything if your teacher is impatient and he regards you as a ‘dinlo’.
B. adj.
Esp. of a person: stupid, foolish, idiotic; daft.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]
dizzyc825
unwisec825
redelessOE
unwittyc1000
daftlikec1175
witlessc1175
canga1225
adoted?c1225
cangun?c1225
egedec1225
cangeda1250
foola1250
snepea1250
aerwittec1275
sotlyc1275
unslyc1275
unwitterc1275
unwilya1300
nicec1300
goosishc1374
unskilfulc1374
follyc1380
lewdc1380
mis-feelinga1382
dottlec1390
foltedc1390
peevishc1400
fona1425
fonnishc1425
foliousa1450
foolisha1450
daft?c1450
doitedc1450
dotyc1450
daffish1470
insapientc1470
gucked?a1500
wanwittya1500
furious1526
insipient1528
seelya1529
dawish?1529
foolage1545
momish1546
base-wittedc1547
stultitiousa1549
follifulc1550
senseless1565
mopish1568
fondish1579
unsensiblea1586
fondly1587
dizzardly1594
follial1596
featlessc1598
fopperly1599
gowkeda1605
inept1604
simple1604
anserine1607
foppish1608
silly ass1608
unsage1608
wisdomless1608
fool-beggeda1616
Gotham1621
noddy1645
badot1653
dosser-headed1655
infrunite1657
nonsensicalc1661
slight1663
sappy1670
datelessa1686
noddy-peaked1694
nizy1709
dottled1772
gypit1804
shay-brained1806
folly-stricken1807
fool-like1811
goosy1811
spoony1813
niddle-noddle1821
gumptionless1823
daftish1825
anserous1826
as crazy as a loon1830
spoonish1833
cheese-headed1836
dotty1860
fool-fool1868
noodly1870
dilly1873
gormless1883
daffy1884
monkey-doodle1886
mosy1887
jay1891
pithecanthropic1897
peanut-headed1906
dinlo1907
boob1911
goofy1921
ding-a-ling1935
jerky1944
jerk1947
jerkish1948
pointy-headed1950
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
nerkish1975
numpty1992
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > of actions, ideas, etc.
sloweOE
bluntc1175
simplea1425
headless1563
sottish1592
thick1600
stupid1609
incrassate1659
crass1660
simple-minded1774
bright1830
simplistic1844
noodly1870
unelectric1876
dinlo1907
clunky1965
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > idiotic
fonda1400
idiotc1400
idiotish1544
idiotly1581
idiotical1656
idiotic1659
imbecile1778
gypit1804
cretinist1858
cretinous1871
imbecilic1872
bodoh1873
dinlo1907
boob1911
pointy-headed1950
fuckwitted1973
divvy1975
fuckwit1979
numpty1992
1907 Jrnl. Gypsy Lore Soc. 1 191 Instead of saying grace, he was thanking God for the dinilo gorgios.
1934 W. Starkie Let. in Listener 28 Nov. 916/2 He's only a ‘dinilo gorgio’, brother: he talks like a gorgio—which is the same as talking like a fool.
2011 @JackDiko 5 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Full of dinlo misfits! I'm like Cristiano amongst these fools!
2013 @SpursJodie 27 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Your gonna think its dinlow but it cracks me up.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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