Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A foolish or stupid person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A weak-minded or idiotic person; also, a dolt; a blockhead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A foolish person; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person of around half the average intelligence of his or her peers
- noun A stupid or
inept person
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stupid incompetent person
- noun a person of subnormal intelligence
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Examples
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He was what people back then called a half-wit, of course.
Zombies vs. Unicorns Justine Larbalestier 2010
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Of course cops get it wrong from time to time, as does the half-wit serving me in WH Smiths, the amusingly termed customer service centre at Eon or the staff at my local train station.
7/7 Bombs – Police To Blame SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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Thessalus asked Pixodarus why he would want a half-wit for a son-in-law when he could instead have Alexander?
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Brogan cursed beneath her breath, like she thought she was dealing with a half-wit.
The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011
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As it turns out judd, you half-wit, lying about sex with a subordinate may well not be relevant in a sexual harassment case.
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In the not-too-distant future he sees a Republican half-wit winning the presidency and dragging America back to the Stone Age.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Does Questioning Evolution Make You Anti-Science? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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In the not-too-distant future he sees a Republican half-wit winning the presidency and dragging America back to the Stone Age.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Does Questioning Evolution Make You Anti-Science? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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Surely the finger should be pointed squarely at the half-wit that deceided to let him out in the first place!
Killer Free On Shopping Spree « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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In the not-too-distant future he sees a Republican half-wit winning the presidency and dragging America back to the Stone Age.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Does Questioning Evolution Make You Anti-Science? Rabbi Shmuley Boteach 2011
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By AW, January 4, 2010 @ 8: 20 am lame brain misguided misfit narcissistic half-wit
sionnach commented on the word half-wit
"Half-wits are fleas; so little and so light,
We scarce could know they live, but that they bite."
(Dryden, "All for Love")
August 5, 2009