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featherbrain

English

Noun

featherbrain (plural featherbrains)

  1. Alternative spelling of feather-brain.

Related terms

  • featherbrained

Translations

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numskull

English

Alternative forms

  • numbskull

Etymology

numb (deadened) +? skull

Noun

numskull (plural numskulls)

  1. (derogatory) A dunce, mentally dull or stupid person.
  2. (derogatory) A person who refuses to learn or grow mentally.
    That numskull will never learn how to compose a letter.
  3. A traditional name for a fool who serves as the butt of jokes about stupidity.

Synonyms

  • airhead
  • bubblehead
  • thickhead
  • See also Thesaurus:fool
  • See also Thesaurus:idiot

Derived terms

  • numpty, numptie

Translations

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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