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# numskull

«numskull» in Mova's school dictionary: **slow to understand** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (numskulls)

### meaning for a pupil

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

### sense in the lessons

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

### examples

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

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «numskull» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numskull/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.