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View synonyms for numbskull
numbskull
or num·skull
[ nuhm-skuhl ]
numbskull
/ ˈnʌmˌskʌl /
noun
- a stupid person; dolt; blockhead
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Word History and Origins
Origin of numbskull1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of numbskull1
C18: from numb + skull
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Example Sentences
My cousin fairly lost his temper at this, and cursed the other for a thin-skinned numbskull.
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E 'as more happetite than gumption, and swallers anythink that comes 'andy, like the jolt-'ed or numbskull that 'e is. '
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You 've put over your fake; you 've had your laugh; you 've framed it so I 'll be the butt of every numbskull in Ohadi.
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“What a numbskull I was to throw it there and not tell anyone about it,” he thought to himself.
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Half awake again, I had a cursing spree, calling myself fifty kinds of a numbskull.
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