fat-witted
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fat-witted
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Is it to be the life of an indolent heir, fat-witted and self-contented, Dwelling at ease in the house that others have builded, Boasting about the country for which he has done nothing?
From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry
But I must make the dismal confession that my friends are mostly a very fat-witted sort of fellows.
From Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. by Anstey, F.
It belongs to a fat-witted rich young fellow from whom Storri borrowed it.
From The President A novel by Lewis, Alfred Henry
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
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
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