underwit
Definitions
An underwitted person; a nitwit.
Examples
“c. 1699-1736, Jonathan Swift, Of the Education of Ladies That in the mean⟳ time, her household affairs, and the care of her children, will be wholly laid aside; her toilet will be crowded with all the under-wits, where the conversation will pass⟳ in criticising on the last⟳ play⟳ or poem that comes out […]”
“"Well," said the captain, "then we must come⟳ Yankee over them, and I've notions enough here to baffle a nation of such underwits."”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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