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nimble-witted, a.
Quick-witted.
1613–16W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. v, The nimble-witted Mercury. 1687Settle Refl. Dryden 84 What cannot a nimble witted Commentatour find out. 1879C. Rossetti Seek & Find 198 Many nimble-witted individuals of our lesser sex. 1899Q. Rev. Apr. 459 The nimble-witted Voltaire. 1922V. Woolf Jacob's Room iv. 86 The talkative, nimble-witted people have taken themselves to towns. |