blockhead

It is in vain to attempt to turn a very rich blockhead into ridicule, for the laughers will be on his side.

A great lord says of214 your friend Timagenes that he is a blockhead, but he makes a mistake.

I do not require you to reply that Timagenes is a clever man, but only dare think he is not a blockhead.

But you are a blockhead, and it is tiresome to have to do with you.

Sometimes the teacher lost patience with him, and generally concluded: "Go back to your place, you are a blockhead."