thickwitted

adj

thickwitted

adj

Etymology From thick + witted.

1

Stupid, dim-witted.

  • His son she viewed as one of the thickwitted giants meant to be food for the heroism of good knights of romance.1865, Macmillan's Magazine, volume 12, page 99:
  • And this was the smooth-faced, frightened, helpless boy, whom those two thickwitted, bullying officers were carrying to Waco!1996, Eugene Cunningham, Triggernometry: a gallery of gunfighters, page 41:
Synonyms
stupid
Related terms
thickwit

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