numbskull

English

Etymology

From numb +‎ skull.

Noun

numbskull (plural numbskulls)

1. (derogatory) Alternative spelling of numskull.
   • 2022 April 26, Kara Swisher, “Musk’s Twitter: Weed Memes. Editable Tweets. And the Return of Trump.”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Along with addressing the many insufferable numbskulls who populate the site, Musk will have to tackle myriad thorny issues, […]

Derived terms

• numbskullery

References

• “numbskull”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.