fat-witted
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fat-witted
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Who shall join with debauched lordlings and fat-witted prelates in ridicule of Anabaptist levellers and dippers, after rising from the perusal of "Pilgrim's Progress?"
From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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 would'st truly know.
From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Acheson, Arthur
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
Chorsoman, fat-witted as he is, willingly believed that Veranilda and Aurelia, and you yourself, were all in my net—which means the net of Bessas, whom he fears.
From Veranilda by Gissing, George
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