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numskull

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num·skull also numb·skull  (nmskl)
n.
A stupid person; a nitwit.
[num (variant of numb) + skull.]
numskull [ˈnʌmˌskʌl]
n
a variant spelling of numbskull
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Noun1.numskullnumskull - a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence
blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, shithead
dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person - a person who is not very bright; "The economy, stupid!"
Translations
numskull
n (inf) → Holzkopf m (inf)


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The Pygmies, being ten times as vivacious as their great numskull of a brother, could not abide the Giant's slow movements, and were determined to have him on his feet.
Tanglewood Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
If he had stepped in there and used his eyes, instead of his disordered mind, he could have cured the well by natural means, and then turned it into a miracle in the customary way; but no, he was an old numskull, a magician who believed in his own magic; and no magician can thrive who is handicapped with a superstition like that.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
A body might stump his toe, and take pison, and fall down the well, and break his neck, and bust his brains out, and some- body come along and ask what killed him, and some numskull up and say, 'Why, he stumped his TOE.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Twain, Mark View in context
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