fat-witted

[ fat-wit-id ]

adjective

1. stupid; dull-witted.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fat-witted¹

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

Bacon's college, in his "New Atlantis," moved the risibles of fat-witted Oxford.

From Project Gutenberg

The fat-witted people in the City are not nice in their eating, quantity being more closely considered by them than quality.

From Project Gutenberg

But I must make the dismal confession that my friends are mostly a very fat-witted sort of fellows.

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