Withamn.

/ˈwɪtəm/

Forms: Also 1500s wyttam, wittam, wittome, 1600s wittham.

Etymology: < Witham, the name of certain villages in Lincolnshire and Essex.

Little (or small) Witham: (used proverbially, with pun on wit n., for) a place of which the inhabitants were remarkable for stupidity. Hence (apparently), without qualification, used for: a witless person, a fool.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]

dizzyc825

cang?c1225

foolc1225

apec1330

mopc1330

saddle-goosec1346

mis-feelinga1382

foltc1390

mopec1390

fona1400

buffardc1430

fopc1440

joppec1440

fonda1450

fondlinga1450

insipienta1513

plume of feathers1530

bobolynec1540

dizzard1546

Little Witham?1548

nodc1563

dawkin1565

cocknel1566

nigion1570

niddicock1577

nodcock1577

cuckoo1581

Jack with the feather1581

niddipol1582

noddyship?1589

stirkc1590

fonkin1591

Gibraltar1593

fopper1598

noddypeak1598

coxcombry1600

simple1600

gowka1605

nup1607

fooliaminy1608

silly ass1608

dosser-head1612

dor1616

glow-worm1624

liripipea1625

doodle1629

sop1637

spalt1639

fool's head1650

buffle1655

Jack Adams1656

bufflehead1659

nincompoopc1668

bavian1678

nokes1679

foolanea1681

cod1699

hulver-head1699

nigmenog1699

single ten1699

mud1703

dowf1722

foolatum1740

silly billy1749

tommy noddy1774

arsec1785

nincom1800

silly1807

slob1810

omadhaun1818

potwalloper1820

mosy1824

amadan1825

gump1825

gype1825

oonchook1825

prawn1845

suck-egg1851

goosey1852

nowmun1854

pelican1856

poppy-show1860

buggerlugs1861

damfool1881

mudhead1882

yob1886

peanut head1891

haggis bag1892

poop1893

gazob1906

mush1906

wump1908

zob1911

gorm1912

goof1916

goofus1916

gubbins1916

dumb cluck1922

twat1922

B.F.1925

goofer1925

bird brain1926

berk1929

Berkeley1929

Berkeley Hunt1929

ding1929

loogan1929

stupido1929

poop-stick1930

nelly1931

droop1932

diddy1933

slappy1937

goof ball1938

get1940

poon1940

tonk1941

clot1942

yuck1943

possum1945

gobdaw1947

momo1953

nig-nog1953

plonker1955

weenie1956

nong-nong1959

Berkshire Hunt1960

balloon1965

doofus1965

dork1965

nana1965

shit-for-brains1966

schmoll1967

tosspot1967

lunchbox1969

doof1971

tonto1973

dorkus1979

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

wally1980

wally brain1981

der-brain1983

langer1983

numpty1985

sotong1988

fanny1995

fannybaws2000

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > location associated with

Gothama1500

Little Witham?1548

?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Bij Small wyttam be your spede.

1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xix. sig. Avii Whens come great breeches? from little wittam.

1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ciii^v Who so snatcheth vp follies too greedilie..may happes proue a wittome whiles he fisheth for finer witte.

1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde G 2 b I appoynt..to each of them an Aduouson: To the former of small Wittam: and to the other of little Brainford.

?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. D4 G. W. of Wig. house, in the land of little Wittam, chosen to the place and function of a pastor.

1595 R. Wilson Pedlers Prophecie sig. B4^v At litle Wytham seuen yeares I went to schoole.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lincs. 153 He was born at Little Wittham... It is applyed to such people as are not overstock'd with acutenesse.

1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. He was born at Little Wittham. A punning insinuation that the person spoken of wants understanding. Ray places this proverb in Lincolnshire.

1932 E. Weekley Words & Names x. 151 The stupid are said to be ‘born at Little Witham’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	witham
释义	Withamn. /ˈwɪtəm/ Forms: Also 1500s wyttam, wittam, wittome, 1600s wittham. Etymology: < Witham, the name of certain villages in Lincolnshire and Essex. Little (or small) Witham: (used proverbially, with pun on wit n., for) a place of which the inhabitants were remarkable for stupidity. Hence (apparently), without qualification, used for: a witless person, a fool. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] dizzyc825 cang?c1225 foolc1225 apec1330 mopc1330 saddle-goosec1346 mis-feelinga1382 foltc1390 mopec1390 fona1400 buffardc1430 fopc1440 joppec1440 fonda1450 fondlinga1450 insipienta1513 plume of feathers1530 bobolynec1540 dizzard1546 Little Witham?1548 nodc1563 dawkin1565 cocknel1566 nigion1570 niddicock1577 nodcock1577 cuckoo1581 Jack with the feather1581 niddipol1582 noddyship?1589 stirkc1590 fonkin1591 Gibraltar1593 fopper1598 noddypeak1598 coxcombry1600 simple1600 gowka1605 nup1607 fooliaminy1608 silly ass1608 dosser-head1612 dor1616 glow-worm1624 liripipea1625 doodle1629 sop1637 spalt1639 fool's head1650 buffle1655 Jack Adams1656 bufflehead1659 nincompoopc1668 bavian1678 nokes1679 foolanea1681 cod1699 hulver-head1699 nigmenog1699 single ten1699 mud1703 dowf1722 foolatum1740 silly billy1749 tommy noddy1774 arsec1785 nincom1800 silly1807 slob1810 omadhaun1818 potwalloper1820 mosy1824 amadan1825 gump1825 gype1825 oonchook1825 prawn1845 suck-egg1851 goosey1852 nowmun1854 pelican1856 poppy-show1860 buggerlugs1861 damfool1881 mudhead1882 yob1886 peanut head1891 haggis bag1892 poop1893 gazob1906 mush1906 wump1908 zob1911 gorm1912 goof1916 goofus1916 gubbins1916 dumb cluck1922 twat1922 B.F.1925 goofer1925 bird brain1926 berk1929 Berkeley1929 Berkeley Hunt1929 ding1929 loogan1929 stupido1929 poop-stick1930 nelly1931 droop1932 diddy1933 slappy1937 goof ball1938 get1940 poon1940 tonk1941 clot1942 yuck1943 possum1945 gobdaw1947 momo1953 nig-nog1953 plonker1955 weenie1956 nong-nong1959 Berkshire Hunt1960 balloon1965 doofus1965 dork1965 nana1965 shit-for-brains1966 schmoll1967 tosspot1967 lunchbox1969 doof1971 tonto1973 dorkus1979 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 wally1980 wally brain1981 der-brain1983 langer1983 numpty1985 sotong1988 fanny1995 fannybaws2000 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > location associated with Gothama1500 Little Witham?1548 ?1548 J. Bale Comedy Thre Lawes Nature ii. sig. Bij Small wyttam be your spede. 1560 J. Heywood Fourth Hundred Epygrams xix. sig. Avii Whens come great breeches? from little wittam. 1589 T. Nashe Anat. Absurditie sig. Ciii^v Who so snatcheth vp follies too greedilie..may happes proue a wittome whiles he fisheth for finer witte. 1589 ‘Marphoreus’ Martins Months Minde G 2 b I appoynt..to each of them an Aduouson: To the former of small Wittam: and to the other of little Brainford. ?1589 T. Nashe Almond for Parrat sig. D4 G. W. of Wig. house, in the land of little Wittam, chosen to the place and function of a pastor. 1595 R. Wilson Pedlers Prophecie sig. B4^v At litle Wytham seuen yeares I went to schoole. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Lincs. 153 He was born at Little Wittham... It is applyed to such people as are not overstock'd with acutenesse. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. He was born at Little Wittham. A punning insinuation that the person spoken of wants understanding. Ray places this proverb in Lincolnshire. 1932 E. Weekley Words & Names x. 151 The stupid are said to be ‘born at Little Witham’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.?1548
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