DEFINITION: To be so afraid of failure that you become paralyzed -- unable to move, respond or even say a word.

Numbskulled

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: num/sculd

Sentence: He was so numbskulled that his friends didn't know whether he was a nerd, a nimrod, or just a nincompoop.

Etymology: variation of numskull, circa 1724, a higgledy-piggledy muddleheaded person

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