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numbskull

or num·skull

[ nuhm-skuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

numbskull

/ ˈnʌmˌskʌl /

First recorded in 1690–1700 as numpscull; current spelling first recorded in a letter by Jonathan Swift; numb + skull

C18: from numb + skull

My cousin fairly lost his temper at this, and cursed the other for a thin-skinned numbskull.

E 'as more happetite than gumption, and swallers anythink that comes 'andy, like the jolt-'ed or numbskull that 'e is. '

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.

“What a numbskull I was to throw it there and not tell anyone about it,” he thought to himself.

Half awake again, I had a cursing spree, calling myself fifty kinds of a numbskull.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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