a1658 B. Rudyerd (1660) 89 Milorsius Stradilax..puft up with a poor-witted ambition, would needs be called Erophilus.
1856 26 June 6/4 How was it that that priesthood got hold of a poor-witted Emperor of Austria, and made him in sickness vow that he would restore to it all the power which his wiser father had withheld?
1939 R. Sabatini xxvi. 296 ‘Are we flamingoes?’ ‘Almost as poor-witted.’