witlingn.

Brit.

/ˈwɪtlɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwɪtlɪŋ/

Etymology: < wit n. + -ling suffix¹ 2.

A petty wit (see wit n. 9, 10); one who fancies himself a wit; a pretender to wit (see wit n. 5, 7); one who utters light or feeble witticisms.

ΘΚΠ

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

penny-wit1619

underwit1655

wit-would1678

witling1693

1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires Prol. 3 Let Gain, that gilded Bait, be hung on high, The hungry Witlings have it in their Eye.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 6 There are many impertinent Witlings at Will's.

1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 371 A Beau and Witling perish'd in the Throng, One dy'd in Metaphor, and one in Song.

1807 Salmagundi 4 Feb. 24 Does any witling want to distress the company with a miserable pun?

1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. i. 13 ‘What's in hand?’.. Luckily some witling said, ‘Fours-in-hand!’ and so drily that it passed for humour.

attributive.1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vii. 228 The miserable witling captiousness of an opposition.1845 E. Miall in Nonconformist 5 45 A witling poet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	witling
释义	witlingn. Brit. /ˈwɪtlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɪtlɪŋ/ Etymology: < wit n. + -ling suffix¹ 2. A petty wit (see wit n. 9, 10); one who fancies himself a wit; a pretender to wit (see wit n. 5, 7); one who utters light or feeble witticisms. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > witty person > inferior penny-wit1619 underwit1655 wit-would1678 witling1693 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires Prol. 3 Let Gain, that gilded Bait, be hung on high, The hungry Witlings have it in their Eye. 1702 Eng. Theophrastus 6 There are many impertinent Witlings at Will's. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke ii, in Misc. Poems 371 A Beau and Witling perish'd in the Throng, One dy'd in Metaphor, and one in Song. 1807 Salmagundi 4 Feb. 24 Does any witling want to distress the company with a miserable pun? 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career II. i. 13 ‘What's in hand?’.. Luckily some witling said, ‘Fours-in-hand!’ and so drily that it passed for humour. attributive.1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vii. 228 The miserable witling captiousness of an opposition.1845 E. Miall in Nonconformist 5 45 A witling poet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1693
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