half-witted
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half-witted
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From half- + witted.
adjective
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Having low intelligence.
"These girls were a little queer, to be sure, almost half-witted, but that came from their having seen fairies," he added, with an indignant look at the squire.
Similar: dim-witted, slow-witted, addlebrained, addlepated, airheaded, bee-brained, beef-witted, soft, beefheaded, beetle-headed, birdbrained, blockheaded
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adj having a low intelligence
| Italiano | deficiente, mentecatto |
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