Nitwittish

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Somewhat like a nitwit. rare

    "After college she had discarded men as “horrid” and B.D. remembered poignantly her nitwittish young woman friend who had discarded Gretchen."

Example

More examples

"After college she had discarded men as “horrid” and B.D. remembered poignantly her nitwittish young woman friend who had discarded Gretchen."

Etymology

From nitwit + -ish.

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