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

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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

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gross1526

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surd1551

dull-headed1552

hammer-headed1552

skit-brained?1553

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log-headeda1566

assy1566

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leaden-headed1589

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dorbellical1592

dunstical1592

heavy-headeda1593

shallow-brained1592

blunt-witted1594

mossy1597

Bœotian1598

clay-brained1598

fat1598

fat-witted1598

knotty-pated1598

stupidous1598

wit-lost1599

barren1600

duncifiedc1600

lourdish1600

stockish1600

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booby1603

leaden-pated1603

partless1603

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leaden-skulledc1604

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frost-brained1606

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insulse1609

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asininec1610

clumse1611

blockheadly1612

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flata1616

logger-headeda1616

puppy-headeda1616

shallow-patedc1616

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half-headed1621

buzzard-blinda1625

beef-brained1628

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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

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non-intelligent1659

whey-brained1660

sap-headed1665

timber-headed1666

leather-headeda1668

out of (one's) tree1669

boobily1673

thoughtless1673

lourdly1674

logger1675

unintelligenta1676

Bœotic1678

chicken-brained1678

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loggerhead1684

dunderheaded1692

unintelligible1694

buffle-headed1697

crassicc1700

numbskulled1707

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doddy-polled1708

haggis-headed1715

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muzzy1723

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sumphish1728

pitcher-souleda1739

duncey1743

hebete1743

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dumb1756

duncely1757

imbecile1766

mutton-headed1768

chuckle-headed1770

jobbernowl1770

dowfarta1774

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wittol1780

staumrel1787

opaquec1789

stoopid1791

mud-headed1793

borné1795

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duncish1805

lightweight1809

numbskull1814

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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.

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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.

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).

单词	half-witted
释义	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). < adj.1602
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