unwitty
adjEtymology From un- + witty.
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Not witty; unfunny.
- “I put it back,” she explained, half laughing as though at an unwitty joke, the corners of her mouth turning down.2011, Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann, page 189:
unwitty
adjEtymology From Middle English unwitti (“foolish”), from Old English unwittiġ (“unconscious, ignorant, stupid”), equivalent to un- + witty. Cognate with German unwitzig (“unwitty”), Icelandic úvitugr (“ignorant”).
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Archaic Without wit; foolish; silly.
- Related terms
- unwitting