Definition of Thick-skulled

1. Adjective. (used informally) stupid.


Definition of Thick-skulled

1. Adjective. Dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thick-skulled

thiazyl
thiazyls
thiazyne
thiazynes
thibets
thible
thibles
thick(p)
thick-billed murre
thick-footed morel
thick-headed
thick-knee
thick-knees
thick-skinned
thick-skulled (current term)
thick-tailed bushbabies
thick-tailed bushbaby
thick-winded
thick-witted
thick and thin
thick as a brick
thick as a plank
thick as thieves
thick as two short planks
thick filament
thick of things
thick skin
thick small bowel folds
thick space

Literary usage of Thick-skulled

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird (1894)
"LETTEE V. A Dateless Day—"Those hands of yours"—A Puritan—Persevering Shiftlessness—The House-Mother—Family Worship—A Grim Sunday—A " thick-skulled ..."

2. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird (1886)
"... thick-skulled Englishman "—A Morning Call—Another Atmosphere—-The Great Lone Land—"111 Found"—A Log Camp—Bad Footing for Horses—Accidents- ..."

3. Dansk-norsk-engelsk Ordbog by Johannes Magnussen (1902)
"... -hed [c] thickness, -hovedet [a] thick -headed, thick-skulled, -hud pachyderm. Tykke [n] [Mening] opinion, judgment; [Lyst] will, pleasure. ..."

4. Literary and Social Essays by George William Curtis (1894)
"little literature, ought not to be left at the mercy of these thick-skulled and no-hearted ruffians." The language is strong, but the epithets are ..."

5. The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Mynors Bright, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, Henry Benjamin Wheatley (1893)
"117), termed Monk a thick-skulled fool. In fact, that great man must have possessed no ... This is not a feature in the character of a thick-skulled fool. ..."

6. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F. R. S.,from His Ms. Cypher by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, Mynors Bright (1884)
"... regards his conduct after the King's return as displaying his accu. tomed prudence. This is not a feature in the character of a thick-skulled fool. ..."

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