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  • adjective Stupid, dim-witted.

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thick +‎ witted

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Examples

  • But it must be said that space is at a premium in these expensive books, and if, say, a dozen citations are found for each of the spellings thickwitted and thick-witted, one can be sure that no lexicographer, thrifty of space, will display the variant, whichever he perceives that to be.

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 1 1991

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