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Definition of Thick-skulled
1. Adjective. (used informally) stupid.
Similar to: Stupid
Definition of Thick-skulled
1. Adjective. Dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thick-skulled
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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