numbskull

Example Sentences

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But why was he screaming like a numbskull at the end of the finale?

From New York Times • May 24, 2016

So if you’re prepared to delete the occasional missive from a numbskull, go for it.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015

As an economics numbskull, I would plump for the latter.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2015

A guy from the numbskull village of Abdera sees a eunuch talking to a woman and asks another guy if she's the eunuch's wife.

From Scientific American • Sep. 25, 2014

"And you're a clodpoll," said the girl, bitterly, "and a ninny, a numbskull, a lackwit and a coxcomb!"

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman