numskull Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet


Num"skull` noun
Etymology
Numb + skull.
Definitions
  1. A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. Colloq.
    They have talked like numskulls. Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913