Halfwit

noun, slang

noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone lacking in intelligence. informal

    "It has been pointed out in this space before that a number of the titles you'll find shelved under self-help in your local bookshop are, on closer examination, farragos of wooden-headed tripe, written by mountebanks and halfwits."

Synonyms

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Example

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"Only a halfwit would say something like that."

Etymology

From half + wit.

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