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thick-witted
[ thik-wit-id ]
adjective
- lacking intelligence; thickheaded; dull; stupid.
thick-witted
adjective
- stupid, dull, foolish, or slow to learn
Derived Forms
- ËŒ³Ù³ó¾±³¦°ì-ˈ·É¾±³Ù³Ù±ð»å±ô²â, adverb
- ËŒ³Ù³ó¾±³¦°ì-ˈ·É¾±³Ù³Ù±ð»å²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³Ù³ó¾±³¦°ì-·É¾±³Ùt±ð»å·±ô²â adverb
- ³Ù³ó¾±³¦°ì-·É¾±³Ùt±ð»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of thick-witted1
Example Sentences
‘You thick-witted, little wharf-rat. Go whistle for it. I’ve two respectable witnesses who will go into court and swear that whatever I say is true. Do you think any court in Boston, even Dana’s, would listen to you and your wretched girls if I and my clerks said contrary-wise? You daring to suggest you are my kin!’
Dove was so thick-witted he had no idea anything unusual was afoot.
The very terms "split infinitive" and "split verb" are based on a thick-witted analogy to Latin, in which it is impossible to split a verb because it consists of a single word, such as amare, "to love".
He thought of Sigrin the Shipwright, a thick-bodied, thick-witted man, flaxen hair already receding from a pimpled brow, and shook his head.
That the document might lead into error the thick-witted Swedish bourgeois is not at all amazing.
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