fat-witted
[ fat-wit-id ]
/ ˈfætˈwɪt ɪd /
adjective
stupid; dull-witted.
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Origin of fat-witted
First recorded in 1590–1600
Words nearby fat-witted
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Example sentences from the Web for fat-witted
The fat-witted people in the City are not nice in their eating, quantity being more closely considered by them than quality.
Bacon's college, in his "New Atlantis," moved the risibles of fat-witted Oxford.
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