numbskulln.adj.

Brit.

/ˈnʌmskʌl/, U.S.

/ˈnəmˌskəl/

Forms:

α. 1600s–1800s numpscull, 1700s–1800s numpskull, 1700s– numbskull.

β. 1600s–1700s numskul, 1700s numscal, 1700s numscul, 1700s–1800s numscull, 1700s– numskull.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: numb adj., skull n.¹

Etymology: < numb adj. + skull n.¹With forms numpscull , numpskull perhaps compare numps n., although the development may be purely phonetic.

A. n.

1. A stupid or foolish person; an idiot, a blockhead.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun]

asseOE

sotc1000

beastc1225

long-ear?a1300

stock1303

buzzard1377

mis-feelinga1382

dasarta1400

stonea1400

dasiberd14..

dottlec1400

doddypoll1401

dastardc1440

dotterel1440

dullardc1440

wantwit1449

jobardc1475

nollc1475

assheada1500

mulea1500

dull-pate15..

peak1509

dulbert?a1513

doddy-patec1525

noddypolla1529

hammer-head1532

dull-head?1534

capon1542

dolt1543

blockhead1549

cod's head1549

mome1550

grout-head1551

gander1553

skit-brains?1553

blocka1556

calfa1556

tomfool1565

dunce1567

druggard1569

cobble1570

dummel1570

Essex calf1573

jolthead1573

hardhead1576

beetle-head1577

dor-head1577

groutnoll1578

grosshead1580

thickskin1582

noddyship?1589

jobbernowl1592

beetle-brain1593

Dorbel1593

oatmeal-groat1594

loggerhead1595

block-pate1598

cittern-head1598

noddypoop1598

dorbellist1599

numps1599

dor1601

stump1602

ram-head1605

look-like-a-goose1606

ruff1606

clod1607

turf1607

asinego1609

clot-poll1609

doddiea1611

druggle1611

duncecomb1612

ox-head1613

clod-polla1616

dulman1615

jolterhead1620

bullhead1624

dunderwhelpa1625

dunderhead1630

macaroona1631

clod-patea1635

clota1637

dildo1638

clot-pate1640

stupid1640

clod-head1644

stub1644

simpletonian1652

bottle-head1654

Bœotiana1657

vappe1657

lackwit1668

cudden1673

plant-animal1673

dolt-head1679

cabbage head1682

put1688

a piece of wood1691

ouphe1694

dunderpate1697

numbskull1697

leather-head1699

nocky1699

Tom Cony1699

mopus1700

bluff-head1703

clod skull1707

dunny1709

dowf1722

stupe1722

gamphrel1729

gobbin?1746

duncehead1749

half-wit1755

thick-skull1755

jackass1756

woollen-head1756

numbhead1757

beef-head1775

granny1776

stupid-head1792

stunpolla1794

timber-head1794

wether heada1796

dummy1796

noghead1800

staumrel1802

muttonhead1803

num1807

dummkopf1809

tumphya1813

cod's head and shoulders1820

stoopid1823

thick-head1824

gype1825

stob1825

stookiea1828

woodenhead1831

ning-nong1832

log-head1834

fat-head1835

dunderheadism1836

turnip1837

mudhead1838

donkey1840

stupex1843

cabbage1844

morepork1845

lubber-head1847

slowpoke1847

stupiditarian1850

pudding-head1851

cod's head and shoulders1852

putty head1853

moke1855

mullet-head1855

pothead1855

mug1857

thick1857

boodle1862

meathead1863

missing link1863

half-baked1866

lunk1867

turnip-head1869

rummy1872

pumpkin-head1876

tattie1879

chump1883

dully1883

cretin1884

lunkhead1884

mopstick1886

dumbhead1887

peanut head1891

pie-face1891

doughbakea1895

butt-head1896

pinhead1896

cheesehead1900

nyamps1900

box head1902

bonehead1903

chickenhead1903

thickwit1904

cluck1906

boob1907

John1908

mooch1910

nitwit1910

dikkop1913

goop1914

goofus1916

rumdum1916

bone dome1917

moron1917

oik1917

jabroni1919

dumb-bell1920

knob1920

goon1921

dimwit1922

ivory dome1923

stone jug1923

dingleberry1924

gimp1924

bird brain1926

jughead1926

cloth-head1927

dumb1928

gazook1928

mouldwarp1928

ding-dong1929

stupido1929

mook1930

sparrow-brain1930

knobhead1931

dip1932

drip1932

epsilon1932

bohunkus1933

Nimrod1933

dumbass1934

zombie1936

pea-brain1938

knot-head1940

schlump1941

jarhead1942

Joe Soap1943

knuckle-head1944

nong1944

lame-brain1945

gobshite1946

rock-head1947

potato head1948

jerko1949

turkey1951

momo1953

poop-head1955

a right one1958

bam1959

nong-nong1959

dickhead1960

dumbo1960

Herbert1960

lamer1961

bampot1962

dipshit1963

bamstick1965

doofus1965

dick1966

pillock1967

zipperhead1967

dipstick1968

thickie1968

poephol1969

yo-yo1970

doof1971

cockhead1972

nully1973

thicko1976

wazzock1976

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

no-brainer1979

jerkwad1980

woodentop1981

dickwad1983

dough ball1983

dickweed1984

bawheid1985

numpty1985

jerkweed1988

dick-sucker1989

knob-end1989

Muppet1989

dingus1997

dicksack1999

eight ball-

α.

1697 M. Pix Innocent Mistress iv. iii. 33 You take me for a numpscull.

1724 J. Swift Let. to Wood in Wks. (1841) II. 50 I remember not to have known a greater numbskull than thou art.

1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 19 You numbskulls! and so while..you are quarrelling for places, the guests must be starved.

1800 Sporting Mag. 16 284 I'm not so great a fool..as that great numpscull Jack!

1839 W. S. Landor Andrea of Hungary iv. iii, in Andrea of Hungary & Giovanna of Naples 84 I've swum two nights And days together upon Baian wine..; 'twould swamp that leaky nump-skull.

1890 H. Caine Bondman II. xx. 242 The numbskull!.. The jobbernowl!

1920 E. Pound Instigation iii. 176 One cannot of course create intelligence in a numbskull.

1941 H. J. Knerr Student Pilot's Training Primer i. 41 But what happens when the motor suddenly quits? Plenty, if you are a numbskull.

1991 Times 24 May 14/3 The capitalist system..seems to be organised, led and operated exclusively by numbskulls, dunces, boobies, dingbats, rattlepates, wallies and jobbernowls.

β. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Num-skul, a Foolish Person.1707 P. A. Motteux Farewel Folly ii. 26 This hard-headed Dunce will certainly disgrace me—I had best go alone to my Father-in-Law's—Hark you, Numskull.1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 490 If he's a fool, and like a numskul chuses To consort with those weedling jades, the Muses.1807 Salmagundi 18 Apr. 152 Every modern numskull who takes hold of a subject he knows nothing about.1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. v. 190 Why will the numskulls not confine their infernal dulness to them?1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lxxiii. 295 He considered them to be numskulls, and little better than idiots.1919 G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House i, in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of War 12 She married a numskull. She told me she would marry anyone to get away from home.1942 W. de la Mare Coll. Poems 92 Caged up in this dull village shop With none but clods and numskulls near.1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 July d6/5 Gender, we are told.., does not refer to the male or female sex, but to the masculine, feminine and neuter properties of various parts of speech. It's a grammatical term, you numskulls!

†2. The head, esp. that of a stupid or foolish person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > empty or stupid head

skull1523

jolthead1533

fool's head1577

jolting pate1579

noddle1579

jobbernowl1598

loggerhead1598

cod's head1607

squirrel's brains1647

jolterhead1699

numbskull1718

fiddle-head1887

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [noun]

jolthead1533

jolting pate1579

copintank1585

jobbernowl1598

loggerhead1598

grout-heada1627

jolterhead1699

potato head1705

numbskull1718

jolter-pate1822

bullet-head1875

horse-head1905

1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 324 Or Toes, or Fingers, in this Case, Of Num-scull's Self shou'd take the Place.

1738 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 197/2 Their Children..having at their Birth Numsculls, like those obtain'd by Art by their Parents.

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. xi. 159 The nonsensical Dictates of his own Numscull .

1778 H. Brooke Little John & Giants iv. iii. 67 I'd dash your numskull from its brainless lading.

1802 G. Colman Poor Gentleman (new ed.) i. i. 8 Answer me..Who have [= has] soap'd up and flower'd your numskull after such a fashion?

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii Confound your numskull! I didn't say a word about ink.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. iii. 63 I'll crack thy numskull for thee, you mandy chap!

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxxi. 264 I've taken a notion into my old numskull.

B. adj. (attributive).

Of or belonging to a numbskull; foolish, stupid.

ΚΠ

1814 Hill Let. to Carlyle 9 May (National Libr. Scotl. MS 1764:16) Ever varying the scene with wit and mirth, while honest Peter must hold on in one numskull track, to all eternity.

1829 R. Southey Epist. to A. Cunningham in A. Cunningham Anniversary 14 An honest fellow of the numskull race;..a very goose.

1839 R. M. Bird Adventures Robin Day I. iii. 33 For shiver me, if I didn't think, from my own numskull notions, that the Holy Sand of the Ganges was the very thing to cure the gentleman of his aguy.

1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest ii. 20 I can tell you that that French hussy killed him, and I can tell you that any other damned numbskull notions you've got are way off the lode.

1987 P. Auster Country of Last Things (1988) 119 A numbskull princess who sat around indoors all day while her lord and knight went trudging into battle.

2000 N.Y. Times 9 Apr. xiv. 12/4 A lighthearted, jokey trio of two musclebound, numbskull navyites and a waitress.

Derivatives

ˈnumbskullism n. stupidity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun]

hardnessOE

stuntnessc1000

sotshipc1050

witlessnessa1100

sotheada1200

dullness1398

bluntness1483

slowness1495

grossnessa1530

stupidity?1541

assishness?1548

dastardness1552

lourderie1555

dastardliness1556

blockishness1561

doltishness1569

sottage1569

sheepishness1574

doltry1581

sottishness1589

doltage1593

dorbellism1593

grout-headry1600

opacity1611

duncery1615

dunstery1615

stupidness1619

hebetude1621

insulsity1623

unintelligence1634

obtuseness1648

jobbernowlism1652

dullery1653

non-intelligence1653

blockheadishness1656

crassness1664

blockheadedness1716

stolidness1727

blockheadism1753

numbskullity1779

nincompoophood1791

duncishness1805

numbskullism1806

foziness1821

noodledum1821

obtusity1823

soft-headedness1823

noodledom1827

duncehood1829

dunderheadedness1830

sumphishness1830

asininity1831

dunderheadism1836

stockishness1837

dullardness1840

fat-headedness1840

stupor1845

duncedom1847

misintelligence1848

nincompoopery1850

wooden-headedness1850

dumminess1852

jolterheadedness1852

ninnyship1852

donkeyism1855

dumbness1860

beef-wittedness1863

crassitude1865

donkeyhood1869

slow-wittedness1869

chuckle-headedness1880

leatherheadedness1880

pinheadedness1884

numbskulledness1885

donkeydom1889

thickheadedness1889

density1894

moronism1922

nitwittedness1931

nitwittery1931

noodleness1931

dopiness1942

squirrel-headedness1955

nincompoopism1957

dim-wittedness1960

clottishness1961

1806 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 268 His reminiscences familiarize us with the interior of the court of George the First and Second, and display, in full light, the numskullism of both those regal personages.

2000 Re: Hasbro Bridges falling Down in rec.games.video.atari (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Feb. People are brainwashed by advertising. I knew that. Your supporting evidence of numbskullism eludes us.

† numbskullity n. Obsolete rare = numbskullism n.

ΚΠ

1779 J. Bentham Corr. 7 Jan. (1968) II. 215 The mistake about the Breeches was your numbscullity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	numbskull
释义	numbskulln.adj. Brit. /ˈnʌmskʌl/, U.S. /ˈnəmˌskəl/ Forms: α. 1600s–1800s numpscull, 1700s–1800s numpskull, 1700s– numbskull. β. 1600s–1700s numskul, 1700s numscal, 1700s numscul, 1700s–1800s numscull, 1700s– numskull. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: numb adj., skull n.¹ Etymology: < numb adj. + skull n.¹With forms numpscull , numpskull perhaps compare numps n., although the development may be purely phonetic. A. n. 1. A stupid or foolish person; an idiot, a blockhead. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > [noun] asseOE sotc1000 beastc1225 long-ear?a1300 stock1303 buzzard1377 mis-feelinga1382 dasarta1400 stonea1400 dasiberd14.. dottlec1400 doddypoll1401 dastardc1440 dotterel1440 dullardc1440 wantwit1449 jobardc1475 nollc1475 assheada1500 mulea1500 dull-pate15.. peak1509 dulbert?a1513 doddy-patec1525 noddypolla1529 hammer-head1532 dull-head?1534 capon1542 dolt1543 blockhead1549 cod's head1549 mome1550 grout-head1551 gander1553 skit-brains?1553 blocka1556 calfa1556 tomfool1565 dunce1567 druggard1569 cobble1570 dummel1570 Essex calf1573 jolthead1573 hardhead1576 beetle-head1577 dor-head1577 groutnoll1578 grosshead1580 thickskin1582 noddyship?1589 jobbernowl1592 beetle-brain1593 Dorbel1593 oatmeal-groat1594 loggerhead1595 block-pate1598 cittern-head1598 noddypoop1598 dorbellist1599 numps1599 dor1601 stump1602 ram-head1605 look-like-a-goose1606 ruff1606 clod1607 turf1607 asinego1609 clot-poll1609 doddiea1611 druggle1611 duncecomb1612 ox-head1613 clod-polla1616 dulman1615 jolterhead1620 bullhead1624 dunderwhelpa1625 dunderhead1630 macaroona1631 clod-patea1635 clota1637 dildo1638 clot-pate1640 stupid1640 clod-head1644 stub1644 simpletonian1652 bottle-head1654 Bœotiana1657 vappe1657 lackwit1668 cudden1673 plant-animal1673 dolt-head1679 cabbage head1682 put1688 a piece of wood1691 ouphe1694 dunderpate1697 numbskull1697 leather-head1699 nocky1699 Tom Cony1699 mopus1700 bluff-head1703 clod skull1707 dunny1709 dowf1722 stupe1722 gamphrel1729 gobbin?1746 duncehead1749 half-wit1755 thick-skull1755 jackass1756 woollen-head1756 numbhead1757 beef-head1775 granny1776 stupid-head1792 stunpolla1794 timber-head1794 wether heada1796 dummy1796 noghead1800 staumrel1802 muttonhead1803 num1807 dummkopf1809 tumphya1813 cod's head and shoulders1820 stoopid1823 thick-head1824 gype1825 stob1825 stookiea1828 woodenhead1831 ning-nong1832 log-head1834 fat-head1835 dunderheadism1836 turnip1837 mudhead1838 donkey1840 stupex1843 cabbage1844 morepork1845 lubber-head1847 slowpoke1847 stupiditarian1850 pudding-head1851 cod's head and shoulders1852 putty head1853 moke1855 mullet-head1855 pothead1855 mug1857 thick1857 boodle1862 meathead1863 missing link1863 half-baked1866 lunk1867 turnip-head1869 rummy1872 pumpkin-head1876 tattie1879 chump1883 dully1883 cretin1884 lunkhead1884 mopstick1886 dumbhead1887 peanut head1891 pie-face1891 doughbakea1895 butt-head1896 pinhead1896 cheesehead1900 nyamps1900 box head1902 bonehead1903 chickenhead1903 thickwit1904 cluck1906 boob1907 John1908 mooch1910 nitwit1910 dikkop1913 goop1914 goofus1916 rumdum1916 bone dome1917 moron1917 oik1917 jabroni1919 dumb-bell1920 knob1920 goon1921 dimwit1922 ivory dome1923 stone jug1923 dingleberry1924 gimp1924 bird brain1926 jughead1926 cloth-head1927 dumb1928 gazook1928 mouldwarp1928 ding-dong1929 stupido1929 mook1930 sparrow-brain1930 knobhead1931 dip1932 drip1932 epsilon1932 bohunkus1933 Nimrod1933 dumbass1934 zombie1936 pea-brain1938 knot-head1940 schlump1941 jarhead1942 Joe Soap1943 knuckle-head1944 nong1944 lame-brain1945 gobshite1946 rock-head1947 potato head1948 jerko1949 turkey1951 momo1953 poop-head1955 a right one1958 bam1959 nong-nong1959 dickhead1960 dumbo1960 Herbert1960 lamer1961 bampot1962 dipshit1963 bamstick1965 doofus1965 dick1966 pillock1967 zipperhead1967 dipstick1968 thickie1968 poephol1969 yo-yo1970 doof1971 cockhead1972 nully1973 thicko1976 wazzock1976 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 no-brainer1979 jerkwad1980 woodentop1981 dickwad1983 dough ball1983 dickweed1984 bawheid1985 numpty1985 jerkweed1988 dick-sucker1989 knob-end1989 Muppet1989 dingus1997 dicksack1999 eight ball- α. 1697 M. Pix Innocent Mistress iv. iii. 33 You take me for a numpscull. 1724 J. Swift Let. to Wood in Wks. (1841) II. 50 I remember not to have known a greater numbskull than thou art. 1773 O. Goldsmith She stoops to Conquer ii. 19 You numbskulls! and so while..you are quarrelling for places, the guests must be starved. 1800 Sporting Mag. 16 284 I'm not so great a fool..as that great numpscull Jack! 1839 W. S. Landor Andrea of Hungary iv. iii, in Andrea of Hungary & Giovanna of Naples 84 I've swum two nights And days together upon Baian wine..; 'twould swamp that leaky nump-skull. 1890 H. Caine Bondman II. xx. 242 The numbskull!.. The jobbernowl! 1920 E. Pound Instigation iii. 176 One cannot of course create intelligence in a numbskull. 1941 H. J. Knerr Student Pilot's Training Primer i. 41 But what happens when the motor suddenly quits? Plenty, if you are a numbskull. 1991 Times 24 May 14/3 The capitalist system..seems to be organised, led and operated exclusively by numbskulls, dunces, boobies, dingbats, rattlepates, wallies and jobbernowls. β. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Num-skul, a Foolish Person.1707 P. A. Motteux Farewel Folly ii. 26 This hard-headed Dunce will certainly disgrace me—I had best go alone to my Father-in-Law's—Hark you, Numskull.1756 Gentleman's Mag. 26 490 If he's a fool, and like a numskul chuses To consort with those weedling jades, the Muses.1807 Salmagundi 18 Apr. 152 Every modern numskull who takes hold of a subject he knows nothing about.1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. v. 190 Why will the numskulls not confine their infernal dulness to them?1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lxxiii. 295 He considered them to be numskulls, and little better than idiots.1919 G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House i, in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of War 12 She married a numskull. She told me she would marry anyone to get away from home.1942 W. de la Mare Coll. Poems 92 Caged up in this dull village shop With none but clods and numskulls near.1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 10 July d6/5 Gender, we are told.., does not refer to the male or female sex, but to the masculine, feminine and neuter properties of various parts of speech. It's a grammatical term, you numskulls! †2. The head, esp. that of a stupid or foolish person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] > empty or stupid head skull1523 jolthead1533 fool's head1577 jolting pate1579 noddle1579 jobbernowl1598 loggerhead1598 cod's head1607 squirrel's brains1647 jolterhead1699 numbskull1718 fiddle-head1887 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > types of head > [noun] jolthead1533 jolting pate1579 copintank1585 jobbernowl1598 loggerhead1598 grout-heada1627 jolterhead1699 potato head1705 numbskull1718 jolter-pate1822 bullet-head1875 horse-head1905 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 324 Or Toes, or Fingers, in this Case, Of Num-scull's Self shou'd take the Place. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 197/2 Their Children..having at their Birth Numsculls, like those obtain'd by Art by their Parents. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iii. xi. 159 The nonsensical Dictates of his own Numscull . View more context for this quotation 1778 H. Brooke Little John & Giants iv. iii. 67 I'd dash your numskull from its brainless lading. 1802 G. Colman Poor Gentleman (new ed.) i. i. 8 Answer me..Who have [= has] soap'd up and flower'd your numskull after such a fashion? 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy iii Confound your numskull! I didn't say a word about ink. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. iii. 63 I'll crack thy numskull for thee, you mandy chap! 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island vi. xxxi. 264 I've taken a notion into my old numskull. B. adj. (attributive). Of or belonging to a numbskull; foolish, stupid. ΚΠ 1814 Hill Let. to Carlyle 9 May (National Libr. Scotl. MS 1764:16) Ever varying the scene with wit and mirth, while honest Peter must hold on in one numskull track, to all eternity. 1829 R. Southey Epist. to A. Cunningham in A. Cunningham Anniversary 14 An honest fellow of the numskull race;..a very goose. 1839 R. M. Bird Adventures Robin Day I. iii. 33 For shiver me, if I didn't think, from my own numskull notions, that the Holy Sand of the Ganges was the very thing to cure the gentleman of his aguy. 1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest ii. 20 I can tell you that that French hussy killed him, and I can tell you that any other damned numbskull notions you've got are way off the lode. 1987 P. Auster Country of Last Things (1988) 119 A numbskull princess who sat around indoors all day while her lord and knight went trudging into battle. 2000 N.Y. Times 9 Apr. xiv. 12/4 A lighthearted, jokey trio of two musclebound, numbskull navyites and a waitress. Derivatives ˈnumbskullism n. stupidity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun] hardnessOE stuntnessc1000 sotshipc1050 witlessnessa1100 sotheada1200 dullness1398 bluntness1483 slowness1495 grossnessa1530 stupidity?1541 assishness?1548 dastardness1552 lourderie1555 dastardliness1556 blockishness1561 doltishness1569 sottage1569 sheepishness1574 doltry1581 sottishness1589 doltage1593 dorbellism1593 grout-headry1600 opacity1611 duncery1615 dunstery1615 stupidness1619 hebetude1621 insulsity1623 unintelligence1634 obtuseness1648 jobbernowlism1652 dullery1653 non-intelligence1653 blockheadishness1656 crassness1664 blockheadedness1716 stolidness1727 blockheadism1753 numbskullity1779 nincompoophood1791 duncishness1805 numbskullism1806 foziness1821 noodledum1821 obtusity1823 soft-headedness1823 noodledom1827 duncehood1829 dunderheadedness1830 sumphishness1830 asininity1831 dunderheadism1836 stockishness1837 dullardness1840 fat-headedness1840 stupor1845 duncedom1847 misintelligence1848 nincompoopery1850 wooden-headedness1850 dumminess1852 jolterheadedness1852 ninnyship1852 donkeyism1855 dumbness1860 beef-wittedness1863 crassitude1865 donkeyhood1869 slow-wittedness1869 chuckle-headedness1880 leatherheadedness1880 pinheadedness1884 numbskulledness1885 donkeydom1889 thickheadedness1889 density1894 moronism1922 nitwittedness1931 nitwittery1931 noodleness1931 dopiness1942 squirrel-headedness1955 nincompoopism1957 dim-wittedness1960 clottishness1961 1806 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 268 His reminiscences familiarize us with the interior of the court of George the First and Second, and display, in full light, the numskullism of both those regal personages. 2000 Re: Hasbro Bridges falling Down in rec.games.video.atari (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Feb. People are brainwashed by advertising. I knew that. Your supporting evidence of numbskullism eludes us. † numbskullity n. Obsolete rare = numbskullism n. ΚΠ 1779 J. Bentham Corr. 7 Jan. (1968) II. 215 The mistake about the Breeches was your numbscullity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1697
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