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numbskull
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1717, numskull , from num , old spelling of numb (adj.) + skull . Numskulled (adj.) is attested from 1706.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context pejorative English) (alternative spelling of numskull English)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ She'd breezed through the courts, faking numbskull stupidity, and come out clean. ▪ Yet somehow the delusion has taken hold that a commitment to democratic self-rule means coaxing apathetic numbskulls into voting.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Numbskull was released by Ash on 26 April 1999 as a limited edition, individually numbered EP of 5000 on CD and double 7" vinyl. The song, "Numbskull", appeared as track 7 on the album, Nu-Clear Sounds (5 October 1998), and also as the final track on Intergalactic ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Numskull \Num"skull`\, n. [Numb + skull.] A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. [Also spelled numbskull .] They have talked like numskulls. --Arbuthnot.
Usage examples of numbskull.
Paul said, pitching his voice just a little too loud for the time and place, the way a real numbskull would do.
We want to get clear, surebut some place so close to the known Danger Zone that only a numbskull would run that far and then stop.
Ridley made a note to write a counterblast, pointing out that Robin Hood was a criminal and a practical communist, and that no one but a numbskull would hold him up as a hero to children.
I am sure she realised that I did my work conscientiously but that I was a clerical numbskull and she sympathised.
Needless to say, both of those numbskulls were destroyed by the first half-witted heroes who came along.
This is not to say that criminals haven't been known to make numbskull oversights, such as leaving a driver's license at a crime scene or writing a "stick-up" note on a deposit slip that includes the bank robber's address and Social Security number.