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ˌunder-ˈwitted, a. [under-1 10 a.] Of inferior or defective understanding; half-witted.
1683Kennett Erasm. on Folly 18 Cupid..is an under⁓witted whipster. Ibid. 125 The Athenian Commander..was a little underwitted. 1856Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1870) I. 424, I rather think it [sc. a child] was under-witted, and could not talk. |