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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A member of a people of Benin and neighboring parts of Nigeria.
  • noun The Gbe language of the Fon.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fool; a simpleton; an idiot.
  • Foolish; simple; silly.
  • To be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A fool; an idiot.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A language of Benin and Togo, specifically, in the southern regions corresponding to the former kingdom of Dahomey. Also known as Fongbe or Fɔngbe, it is part of the Gbe family of West African languages.

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