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# numskull

noun (numskulls)

«numskull» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A stupid or foolish person who is slow to understand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numskull/#m1)

### In the lessons

a name-calling word in tales for a foolish man or giant

### Examples

- Don't be such a numskull! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numskull/#x1)
- The giant was a slow numskull. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numskull/#x2)
- Only a numskull would forget his own name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numskull/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «numskull» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numskull/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«numskull» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/numskull.html) on Mova free.