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Webster 1913 Edition


Thickskull

Thick′skullˊ

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Noun.
A dullard, or dull person; a blockhead; a numskull.
Entick.

Webster 1828 Edition


Thickskull

THICK'SKULL

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Noun.
[thick and skull.] Dullness; or a dull person; a blockhead.

Definition 2024


thickskull

thickskull

English

Noun

thickskull (plural thickskulls)

  1. A dullard; a blockhead.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Entick to this entry?)
    • 1859, William Swinton, Rambles Among Words: Their Poetry, History and Wisdom
      And how often do we hear persons stigmatized as 'numskulls' and 'thickskulls' and 'blockheads' — though why they should be block-heads, I know not []