In the story “The Bishop’s Candlesticks” by Norman McKinnel,
the bishop’s sister named Persome gets angry at her house maiden named Marie,
because Marie keeps on responding with “Yes Madam” to whatever she says. In an enraged
mood, Persome commands her to stop talking like a parrot and calls her out by
the word “nincompoop.” Nincompoop means a “foolish, stupid, or halfwit person.”
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