half-witted
[haf-wit-id, hahf-]
- feeble-minded.
- foolish; stupid.
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Origin of half-witted
First recorded in 1635–45
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Examples from the Web for half-witted
Historical Examples
You is on'y a half-witted chance-child,' says he, 'but I loves you like a brother.'
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
You be only half-witted, anyway, and I sha'n't be too hard on you.
Howard Pyle's Book of PiratesHoward Pyle
It was that half-witted lad then who had perished in the park.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
Now, it is entirely weak and half-witted to appeal to the future.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
An alehouse-keeper in the neighbourhood of Elstow had a son who was half-witted.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude