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Numskull

noun

(Also spelled numbskull)

A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence. Synonyms: blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, shithead.

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"Numskull" Quotes from Famous Books

... had no dignity or weight in themselves, but they delivered messages which changed the world. "What! that old numskull be the mouthpiece of Jehovah?" his townsfolk might exclaim. But so it was. What is any one of ...

— The Subterranean Brotherhood • Julian Hawthorne

... It's safe enough. I have taken care of it. But how could you think the seat of a post-coach at an inn-door a place of safety? Ah! numskull! I have taken better precautions for you than ...

— She Stoops to Conquer - or, The Mistakes of a Night. A Comedy. • Oliver Goldsmith

Words linked to "Numskull" : stupe, poor fish, pillock, dullard, pudden-head, dolt, pudding head, stupid person, stupid