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numbskull

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numb⋅skull

  [nuhm-skuhl]
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–noun
numskull.

num⋅skull

  [nuhm-skuhl]
–noun
a dull-witted or stupid person; dolt.
Also, numbskull.

Origin:
1710–20; num(b) + skull
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numb·skull   (nŭm'skŭl')   
n.  Variant of numskull.
num·skull also numb·skull   (nŭm'skŭl')   
n.  A stupid person; a nitwit.

[num (variant of numb) + skull.]
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Word Origin & History

numskull 
1717, from num (see numb) + skull. Numskulled (adj.) is attested from 1706.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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