Witling

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.

    "I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]"

  2. 2
    A person with very little wit.

    ""But the witlings of the bunch were those two swaggering there in the popular conception of western dress....""

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"I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]"

Etymology

From wit + -ling.

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