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numskulled

numskulled is the alternative form of numbskulled.

Meaning of numbskulled

Adjective

numbskulled (comparative more numbskulled, superlative most numbskulled)

  1. (informal) stupid.
    • He opens his mouth to scold her, to let her know that itʼs precisely her numbskulled inability to understand thereʼs more to the world than plum-cake and cocoa thatʼs allowed this calamity to happen in the first place.2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 820

Forms of numskulled

comparativemore numskulled
superlativemost numskulled

Questions about numskulled

What is numskulled the alternative form of?
Numskulled is the alternative form of numbskulled.

Words near numskulled in the dictionary

  1. numpties
  2. numpty
  3. numptyish
  4. nums
  5. numskull
  6. numskulled
  7. numskulledness
  8. numskullery
  9. numskulls
  10. NUMTOT
  11. NUMTOTs

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