Numskull

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Numskull \Num"skull`\, n. [Numb + skull.]
     A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. [Also spelled {numbskull}.]
     [Colloq.]
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           They have talked like numskulls.         --Arbuthnot.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  numskull
       n : these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's
           intelligence [syn: {dunce}, {dunderhead}, {blockhead}, {bonehead},
            {lunkhead}, {hammerhead}, {knucklehead}, {loggerhead}, {muttonhead},
            {shithead}, {fuckhead}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "numskull":
     addlebrain, addlehead, addlepate, beefhead, blockhead, blubberhead,
     blunderhead, bonehead, bufflehead, cabbagehead, chowderhead,
     chucklehead, clodhead, clodpate, clodpoll, dolthead, dullhead,
     dumbhead, dunderhead, dunderpate, fathead, jolterhead, jughead,
     knucklehead, lunkhead, meathead, muddlehead, mushhead, muttonhead,
     noodlehead, peabrain, pinbrain, pinhead, puddinghead, pumpkin head,
     puzzlehead, stupidhead, thickhead, thickskull, tottyhead