underwitn.

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 3a(a), 5(b)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈunderwit.

1. A poor or inferior kind of wit.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > witty person > inferior

penny-wit1619

underwit1655

wit-would1678

witling1693

1655 J. Shirley Polititian Ded. Some abuses of the common theatres (which were not so happily purged from scurrility and under-wit—the only entertainment of vulgar capacities).

2. A person of deficient understanding; a half-witted person.Used as a surname in the Duke of Newcastle's Country Captain (1649).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > person

congeonc1285

idiota1400

foola1425

natural foolc1450

natural idiot1497

natural1533

changeling1577

weakling1577

mooncalf1586

slimslack1600

aufe1621

oaf1638

weak-wit1656

underwit1682

imbecile1830

ament1871

unfortunate1881

balmy1903

subnormal1905

deficient1906

retard1909

retardate1912

retarded1912

mopoke1946

retardee1956

mong1980

1682 Heraclitus Ridens 24 Jan. 1/1 Having often met with some of the Under-wits of that Panel, who threatned what their Foreman could have done.

1900 Everybody's Mag. 3 513/2 He was a single man, and many said an underwit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	underwit
释义	underwitn. Etymology: under- prefix¹ 3a(a), 5(b)Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈunderwit. 1. A poor or inferior kind of wit. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > witty person > inferior penny-wit1619 underwit1655 wit-would1678 witling1693 1655 J. Shirley Polititian Ded. Some abuses of the common theatres (which were not so happily purged from scurrility and under-wit—the only entertainment of vulgar capacities). 2. A person of deficient understanding; a half-witted person.Used as a surname in the Duke of Newcastle's Country Captain (1649). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mental deficiency > [noun] > person congeonc1285 idiota1400 foola1425 natural foolc1450 natural idiot1497 natural1533 changeling1577 weakling1577 mooncalf1586 slimslack1600 aufe1621 oaf1638 weak-wit1656 underwit1682 imbecile1830 ament1871 unfortunate1881 balmy1903 subnormal1905 deficient1906 retard1909 retardate1912 retarded1912 mopoke1946 retardee1956 mong1980 1682 Heraclitus Ridens 24 Jan. 1/1 Having often met with some of the Under-wits of that Panel, who threatned what their Foreman could have done. 1900 Everybody's Mag. 3 513/2 He was a single man, and many said an underwit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1655
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