fat-witted
[fat-wit-id]
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adjective
stupid; dull-witted.
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Origin of fat-witted
First recorded in 1590–1600
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Examples from the Web for fat-witted
Historical Examples of fat-witted
Bacon's college, in his "New Atlantis," moved the risibles of fat-witted Oxford.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
The fat-witted people in the City are not nice in their eating, quantity being more closely considered by them than quality.