fat-witted
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fat-witted
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Thou art so fat-witted, with drinking of old sack and unbuttoning thee after supper and sleeping upon benches after noon, that thou hast forgotten to demand that truly which thou would'st truly know.
From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Acheson, Arthur
Chorsoman, fat-witted as he is, willingly believed that Veranilda and Aurelia, and you yourself, were all in my net—which means the net of Bessas, whom he fears.
From Veranilda by Gissing, George
Macdonald, the incorruptible, was with the fat-bodied, fat-witted Bourbon King in Ghent.
From The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
Thou art so fat-witted with drinking of old sack, and unbuttoning thee after supper, and sleeping upon benches after noon, that thou hast forgotten to demand that truly which thou wouldest truly know.
From The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by Shakespeare, William
It belongs to a fat-witted rich young fellow from whom Storri borrowed it.
From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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