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Grammar : Noun
Spell : nuhm-skuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnʌmˌskʌl

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Définition of numskull

  • noun idiot
Example sentences :
  • "It's alwayth the numskull hath the most conceit," said the Deacon.
  • Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
  • "You numskull, look at me and make a fool of yourself," she said by the light in her eye.
  • Extract from : « Wild Life Near Home » by Dallas Lore Sharp
  • Bank cashier or not, Charlie warn't that much of a numskull.
  • Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett
  • He is better qualified to command the ship than the numskull to whom she has been given.
  • Extract from : « Brave Old Salt » by Oliver Optic
  • I said Hastings said it; and he is not in the least a numskull.
  • Extract from : « Heartbreak House » by George Bernard Shaw
  • The message was here all the time—that numskull Heinrich forgot it.
  • Extract from : « The Man with the Clubfoot » by Valentine Williams
  • Wait till you have one first, sir, and you may make him as great a numskull as you plase, Master.
  • Extract from : « The Poor Scholar » by William Carleton
  • Do not suppose from this that I am ill in body; it is the numskull that I complain of.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • That he is a numskull, perhaps, but I fear there is not that encouragement for his improvement!
  • Extract from : « The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion » by Henry Lunettes
  • Well, I did what I've often been numskull enough to do in similar cases, wrote and offered to buy her out at par.
  • Extract from : « Paul Kelver » by Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome

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