Home › Words › J › jugginsjuggins/ˈd͡ʒʌɡɪnz/juggins means A fool; someone very credulous or easily fooled.juggins is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌɡɪnz/.EtymologyUncertain; perhaps an extended use of Juggins, originally a plebian surname.nounA fool; someone very credulous or easily fooled.e.g.“[…] this boy, though at present a juggins, had the makings of a superb creature.” — 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 788:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.jillock 68% match — A fool; an idiot. vs juggins →gomeral 64% match — Fool, simpleton. vs juggins →mugu 64% match — A fool. vs juggins →superfool 63% match — Somebody remarkably foolish. vs juggins →foolio 62% match — A fool. vs juggins →gobemouche 62% match — A naive, gullible person. vs juggins →goosecap 61% match — A fool; a dolt. vs juggins →duncehead 61% match — A very foolish person; a dunce. vs juggins →