nitwittednessn.
/ˌnɪtˈwɪtᵻdnᵻs/, U.S. /nɪtˈwɪdᵻdnᵻs/ colloquial.
= nitwittery n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [noun]
hardnessOE
stuntnessc1000
sotshipc1050
witlessnessa1100
sotheada1200
dullness1398
bluntness1483
slowness1495
grossnessa1530
stupidity?1541
assishness?1548
dastardness1552
lourderie1555
dastardliness1556
blockishness1561
doltishness1569
sottage1569
sheepishness1574
doltry1581
sottishness1589
doltage1593
dorbellism1593
grout-headry1600
opacity1611
duncery1615
dunstery1615
stupidness1619
hebetude1621
insulsity1623
unintelligence1634
obtuseness1648
jobbernowlism1652
dullery1653
non-intelligence1653
blockheadishness1656
crassness1664
blockheadedness1716
stolidness1727
blockheadism1753
numbskullity1779
nincompoophood1791
duncishness1805
numbskullism1806
foziness1821
noodledum1821
obtusity1823
soft-headedness1823
noodledom1827
duncehood1829
dunderheadedness1830
sumphishness1830
asininity1831
dunderheadism1836
stockishness1837
dullardness1840
fat-headedness1840
stupor1845
duncedom1847
misintelligence1848
nincompoopery1850
wooden-headedness1850
dumminess1852
jolterheadedness1852
ninnyship1852
donkeyism1855
dumbness1860
beef-wittedness1863
crassitude1865
donkeyhood1869
slow-wittedness1869
chuckle-headedness1880
leatherheadedness1880
pinheadedness1884
numbskulledness1885
donkeydom1889
thickheadedness1889
density1894
moronism1922
nitwittedness1931
nitwittery1931
noodleness1931
dopiness1942
squirrel-headedness1955
nincompoopism1957
dim-wittedness1960
clottishness1961
1931 Amer. Mercury July 259/1 Ford's..Peace Ship earned him a name for nitwittedness, downrightly damned him as a fool.
1952 Canad. Forum 32 13 These gems of phony surprise, of noxious nitwittedness.
1986 Time 26 May 72 [She] is supposed to be slightly silly, but Bonham Carter does not quite succeed in counterfeiting nitwittedness.
2001 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 29 Oct. e1/1 Narrow-mindedness can be funny, social blindness can be funny, nitwittedness can be funny..stone stupidity is boring.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1931