Andrew Shields"Either I am a great writer or a nincompoop”: Virginia Woolf, “nincompoop”, Sebastian Brant, and Basel. #111Words #VirginiaWoolf #Diary #Nincompoop #SebastianBrant #TheShipOfFools #DasNarrenschiff #Basel #OED https://111-words.ghost.io/either-i-am-a-great-writer-or-a-nincompoop-virginia-woolf-nincompoop-sebastian-brant-and-basel/
"Either I am a great writer or a nincompoop”: Virginia Woolf, “nincompoop”, Sebastian Brant, and Basel
Writing in her diary on 29 October 1922, Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) reflected on herself: "Either I am a great writer or a nincompoop." This comic shift in register sent me down the rabbit hole of "nincompoop". According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its origin is unknown, but it has a
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