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numbskull
[ nuhm-skuhl ]
numbskull
/ ˈ²ÔÊŒ³¾ËŒ²õ°ìÊŒ±ô /
noun
- a stupid person; dolt; blockhead
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of numbskull1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of numbskull1
Example Sentences
The war of words – if not yet trade – continues between Canada and the Trump administration with Prime Minister Trudeau calling the entire tariffs policy "dumb" and the US Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, calling him a "numbskull" in return.
It doesn’t matter if he’s a fascist, authoritarian, a despot, a philanderer, a numbskull, a loon, or a spoiled brat who has mommy and daddy issues.
Mama would say I’m being dramatic, and my numbskull little brother would toss in his unwanted two cents and agree, but I feel like my head has gotten too heavy for my neck and I just can’t hold it up anymore.
But he is also great with comedy, as the milquetoast Charlie Driggs in Jonathan Demme's classic, "Something Wild," as the movie character who walks off the screen in Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo," and even the numbskull Harry in the hit "Dumb and Dumber."
"And you're a clodpoll," said the girl, bitterly, "and a ninny, a numbskull, a lackwit and a coxcomb!"
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