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afterwitted

afterwitted adjective: characterized by afterwit; slow-witted.

Adjective

afterwitted (comparative more afterwitted, superlative most afterwitted)

  1. (dated) Characterized by afterwit; slow-witted.
    • Our fashions of eating make us slothful, and unlusty to labour and study; unstable, inconstant, and light-mannered; full of wits, after-witted (as we call it), incircumspect, inconsiderate, heady, rash, and hasty to begin unadvisedly, […]1532 (reprinted 1573), William Tyndale, “An Exposition uppon the V. VI. VII. Chapters of Mathew, […]. The Sixth Chapter.”, in Henry Walter, editor, Expositions and Notes on Sundry Portions of the...

Forms of afterwitted

comparativemore afterwitted
superlativemost afterwitted

Questions about afterwitted

What does afterwitted mean?
Afterwitted means characterized by afterwit; slow-witted.
What part of speech is afterwitted?
Afterwitted is an adjective.

Words near afterwitted in the dictionary

  1. afterwhile
  2. afterwisdom
  3. afterwise
  4. afterwit
  5. afterwits
  6. afterwitted
  7. afterword
  8. afterwords
  9. afterwork
  10. afterworld
  11. afterworlds

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