half-witted

[ haf-wit-id, hahf- ]

/ ˈhæfˈwɪt ɪd, ˈhɑf- /

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adjective

feeble-minded.

foolish; stupid.

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Origin of half-witted

First recorded in 1635–45

OTHER WORDS FROM half-witted

half-wit·ted·ly, adverbhalf-wit·ted·ness, noun

Words nearby half-witted

half-wave rectifier, halfway, halfway house, half Wellington, half-wit, half-witted, half-year, hali-, halibut, Haliç, Halicarnassian

How to use half-witted in a sentence

Or, what more likely than that these ignorant and half-witted people should seek to manage an afflicted kinswoman by violence?
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI|Robert Louis Stevenson
He told one of the prisoners, a half-witted lad, that he should be free if he would only do exactly as he was bidden.
The Story of the Thirteen Colonies|H. A. (Hlne Adeline) Guerber
I involuntarily exclaimed, when I had finished reading it, 'What a contrast between this poor half-witted man and myself!
The Sheepfold and the Common, Vol. II (of 2)|Timothy East
At last her desire is realized: a son is born to her; but the child, conceived in madness, is born half-witted.
Contemporary Russian Novelists|Serge Persky

It irritated her to be teased about Pink as much as it used to annoy her to be teased about the half-witted Peter Finn.
Mary Ware's Promised Land|Annie Fellows Johnston