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单词 half-witted
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half-wittedadj.

Brit. /ˌhɑːfˈwɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈwɪdᵻd/
Forms: see half adj. and witted adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., witted adj.
Etymology: < half adj. + witted adj. Compare slightly later halfwit n.
1. Having or showing a lack of intelligence or common sense; stupid, foolish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective]
sloweOE
stuntc960
dullOE
hardOE
stuntlyc1000
sotc1050
dillc1175
dulta1225
simplea1325
heavy1340
astonedc1374
sheepishc1380
dull-witteda1387
lourd1390
steerishc1411
ass-likea1425
brainless?a1439
deafc1440
sluggishc1450
short-witted1477
obtuse1509
peakish1519
wearish1519
deaf, or dumb as a beetle1520
doileda1522
gross1526
headlessa1530
stulty1532
ass-headed1533
pot-headed1533
stupid?1541
sheep's head1542
doltish1543
dumpish1545
assish1548
blockish1548
slow-witted1548
blockheaded1549
surd1551
dull-headed1552
hammer-headed1552
skit-brained?1553
buzzardly1561
witless1562
log-headeda1566
assy1566
sottish1566
dastardly1567
stupidious1567
beetle-headed1570
calvish1570
bluntish1578
cod's-headed1578
grout-headed1578
bedaft1579
dull-pated1580
blate1581
buzzard-like1581
long-eared1582
dullard1583
woodena1586
duncical1588
leaden-headed1589
buzzard1592
dorbellical1592
dunstical1592
heavy-headeda1593
shallow-brained1592
blunt-witted1594
mossy1597
Bœotian1598
clay-brained1598
fat1598
fat-witted1598
knotty-pated1598
stupidous1598
wit-lost1599
barren1600
duncifiedc1600
lourdish1600
stockish1600
thick1600
booby1603
leaden-pated1603
partless1603
thin-headed1603
leaden-skulledc1604
blockhead1606
frost-brained1606
ram-headed1608
beef-witted1609
insulse1609
leaden-spirited1609
asininec1610
clumse1611
blockheadly1612
wattle-headed1613
flata1616
logger-headeda1616
puppy-headeda1616
shallow-patedc1616
thick-brained1619
half-headed1621
buzzard-blinda1625
beef-brained1628
toom-headed1629
thick-witted1634
woollen-witted1635
squirrel-headed1637
clod-pated1639
lean-souled1639
muddy-headed1642
leaden-witteda1645
as sad as any mallet1645
under-headed1646
fat-headed1647
half-witted1647
insipid1651
insulsate1652
soft-headed1653
thick-skulleda1657
muddish1658
non-intelligent1659
whey-brained1660
sap-headed1665
timber-headed1666
leather-headeda1668
out of (one's) tree1669
boobily1673
thoughtless1673
lourdly1674
logger1675
unintelligenta1676
Bœotic1678
chicken-brained1678
under-witted1683
loggerhead1684
dunderheaded1692
unintelligible1694
buffle-headed1697
crassicc1700
numbskulled1707
crassous1708
doddy-polled1708
haggis-headed1715
niddy-noddy1722
muzzy1723
pudding-headed1726
sumphish1728
pitcher-souleda1739
duncey1743
hebete1743
chuckheaded1756
dumb1756
duncely1757
imbecile1766
mutton-headed1768
chuckle-headed1770
jobbernowl1770
dowfarta1774
boobyish1778
wittol1780
staumrel1787
opaquec1789
stoopid1791
mud-headed1793
borné1795
muzzy-headed1798
nog-headed1800
thick-headed1801
gypit1804
duncish1805
lightweight1809
numbskull1814
tup-headed1816
chuckle-pate1820
unintellectuala1821
dense1822
ninnyish1822
dunch1825
fozy1825
potato-headed1826
beef-headed1828
donkeyish1831
blockheadish1833
pinheaded1837
squirrel-minded1837
pumpkin-headed1838
tomfoolish1838
dundering1840
chicken-headed1842
like a bump on a log1842
ninny-minded1849
numbheadeda1852
nincompoopish1852
suet-brained1852
dolly1853
mullet-headed1853
sodden1853
fiddle-headed1854
numb1854
bovine1855
logy1859
crass1861
unsmart1861
off his chump1864
wooden-headed1865
stupe1866
lean-minded1867
duffing1869
cretinous1871
doddering1871
thick-head1873
doddling1874
stupido1879
boneheaded1883
woolly-headed1883
leaden-natured1889
suet-headed1890
sam-sodden1891
dopey1896
turnip-headed1898
bonehead1903
wool-witted1905
peanut-headed1906
peanut-brained1907
dilly1909
torpid-minded1909
retardate1912
nitwitted1917
meat-headed1918
mug1922
cloth-headed1925
loopy1925
nitwit1928
lame-brained1929
dead from the neck up1930
simpy1932
nail-headed1936
square-headed1936
dingbats1937
pinhead1939
dim-witted1940
pea-brained1942
clueless1943
lobotomized1943
retarded1949
pointy-headed1950
clottish1952
like a stunned mullet1953
silly (or crazy) as a two-bob watch1954
out to lunch1955
pin-brained1958
dozy1959
eejity1964
out of one's tiny mind1965
doofus1967
twitty1967
twittish1969
twatty1975
twattish1976
blur1977
dof1979
goofus1981
dickheaded1991
dickish1991
numpty1992
cockish1996
1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 195 Which drift of theirs, may easely be perceiued of any halfe witted body that doth but consider.
1631 B. Jonson New Inne ii. v. sig. C8 What insolent, halfe-witted things, these are?
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 61 To have to do with perverse irrationall half witted men.
1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 47 The half hearted, and half witted People, which made much the Major part of both Houses.
1797 W. Godwin Enquirer i. ii. 8 A self-satisfied, half-witted fellow, is the most ridiculous of all things.
1819 Examiner 2 May 282/2 We are really and most unaffectedly sorry to see an excellent poet like Mr. Wordsworth returning..to such half-witted prejudices.
1876 Amer. Spiritual Mag. Mar. 77/1 The sayings and doings of those half-witted, deluded, or knavish persons.
1960 C. Wilson Ritual in Dark iv. 282 If you exhibit your work, you put yourself at the mercy of a lot of half-witted bastards who don't know paint from shit.
1971 Daily Chron. (Centralia, Washington) 5 Feb. 6/4 The nonsense and half-witted chatter that goes on down there on the floor.
2010 Independent 10 Nov. (Viewspaper section) 5/2 This half-witted frat boy.
2. Having a mental illness; affected by an intellectual impairment or disability. Now generally considered offensive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [adjective]
witlessc1000
fonda1400
brainless1434
doitedc1450
feeble-minded1534
half-witted1712
fatuous1773
a screw loose1810
losta1822
balmy1851
a shingle short1852
retardate1912
mental1927
subcultural1931
psychological1952
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > simplicity, simple-mindedness > [adjective]
weak1423
simple-hearted?c1425
good1480
innocent1548
plain-headeda1586
simple1604
green1605
zany1616
soft1621
ungifted1637
softly1652
half-witted1712
simple-minded1749
simpletonic1780
simpletonian1800
sawney1805
simpletonish1819
simply disposed1848
putty-headed1857
cabbage-looking1898
goonish1921
wally1922
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad
maddish1573
skyred1581
cracked1610
conundrumed1629
touchy-headed1666
touched1672
half-witted1712
maddy1719
Fifish1821
cracky1850
not all there1864
mattoid1891
tetched1930
as daft (mad, etc.) as a brush1932
a1665 J. Goodwin Πλήρωμα τὸ Πνευματικόv (1670) x. 291 Paul seemed in some of his Actions as a man half-witted or besides himself, and as a man bereaved of his senses.
1712 J. Arbuthnot App. to John Bull Still in Senses ii. 10 A poor, simple..half-witted, crack'd-brain'd Fellow.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. iii. 14 A poor half-witted Man that means no mischief.
1816 W. Scott Old Mortality ii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. II. 43 A half-witted lad..who had a kind of charge of the poultry under the old hen-wife.
1874 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. X. i. 56 A half-witted king, every day growing feebler in mind.
1949 H. Wilcox Six Moons in Sulawesi (1989) xi. 261 That couple with goitre whose next child may be deaf and dumb or half-witted.
2007 G. Honeycombe Mercy Farm 18 Rumours, gossip about her half-witted brother Stan, who died when she was barely two.

Derivatives

half-ˈwittedly adv. in a half-witted manner; stupidly, foolishly.
Π
1849 Weekly Herald (N.Y.) 17 Feb. 49/2 The laws they half wittedly violate.
1940 Bath Weekly Chron. & Herald 15 June 9/3 ‘What's this for?’ asked the recruit half-wittedly.
2021 M. Sleeman Holy Macaroni! (e-book, accessed 4 May 2022) Lolling his tongue half-wittedly, he shook his head as if bothered by fleas.
half-ˈwittedness n. stupidity, foolishness.
ΚΠ
1818 Examiner 30 Aug. 545/1 The Courier..with it's usual half-wittedness,..sneered at the good case Mr O'Meara ‘had made out for himself’.
2006 New Statesman 6 Feb. 8/2 People are perfectly entitled to make fools of themselves in public or proclaim their half-wittedness in print.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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