- numskull numbskull
- noun (C) informal a very stupid person; idiot: Look what you've done now, you numskull!
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numbskull — var. of NUMSKULL. * * * numbskull obs. form of numskull … Useful english dictionary
Numbskull — may refer to: Numbskull (EP), a 1999 Britpop album Numbskull San Luis Obispo Ca 11/2/05, a 2006 rock album The Numbskulls, a 1980s acid house band from Boulder, Colorado Dunce Fool Idiot See also Numskull, a rapper from Oakland, California The… … Wikipedia
numbskull — Numskull Num skull , n. [Numb + skull.] A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. [Also spelled {numbskull}.] [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] They have talked like numskulls. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
numbskull — (n.) 1717, numskull, from num, old spelling of NUMB (Cf. numb) (adj.) + SKULL (Cf. skull). Numskulled (adj.) is attested from 1706 … Etymology dictionary
numbskull — (also numskull) ► NOUN informal ▪ a stupid or foolish person … English terms dictionary
numbskull — [num′skul΄] n. alt. sp. of NUMSKULL … English World dictionary
Numskull — Num skull , n. [Numb + skull.] A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. [Also spelled {numbskull}.] [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] They have talked like numskulls. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Numbskull (disambiguation) — A numbskull is an uneducated or ignorant person.Numbskull may also refer to:* Numbskull (EP), a 1999 Britpop album * Numbskull San Luis Obispo Ca 11/2/05 , a 2006 rock albumee also* Numskull * The Numbskulls … Wikipedia
numskull — The earlier form of this term was ‘numbskull’, which shows the thought behind it, a person whose skull, or head, is numb. ‘You numbskulls’ occurs as a vocative in Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer. Tom Sawyer is called ‘you numskull’ by his … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
numskull — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. numbskull, dolt, Dummkopf, meathead (sl.), bone head (sl.). See ignorance. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. simpleton, jackass, nitwit; see fool 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. dolt, idiot, *blockhead.… … English dictionary for students
