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Half-wit   /hæf-wɪt/   Listen
Half-wit

noun
1.
A person of subnormal intelligence.  Synonyms: changeling, cretin, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard.
2.
A stupid incompetent person.  Synonyms: dimwit, doofus, nitwit.






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"Half-wit" Quotes from Famous Books



... well as you, with his making light of your brother's wise project.—Poor creature! and must Master Jemmy Harlowe, with his half-wit, pretend to plot, and contrive mischief, yet rail at Lovelace for the same things?—A witty villain deserves hanging at once (and without ceremony, if you please): but a half-witted one deserves broken bones first, and hanging afterwards. ...
— Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) • Samuel Richardson



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