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numbskull
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n. (context pejorative English) (alternative spelling of numskull English)
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.
Wikipedia
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Numbskull may refer to: Numbskulltees at Numbskull Screen Printing & Design located in the Copperfield area of Houston TX www.numbskulltees.com Numbskull (EP) , a 1999 Britpop album Numbskull – San Luis Obispo Ca 11/2/05 , a 2006 rock album The Numbskulls ...
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.
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.
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.