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blunt-witted

blunt-witted adjective: dull; stupid.

Adjective

blunt-witted (comparative more blunt-witted, superlative most blunt-witted)

  1. dull; stupid
    • Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanour!1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Forms of blunt-witted

comparativemore blunt-witted
superlativemost blunt-witted

Origin of blunt-witted

From blunt + witted. Compare Middle English blunt of wytte.

Questions about blunt-witted

What does blunt-witted mean?
Blunt-witted means dull; stupid.
What part of speech is blunt-witted?
Blunt-witted is an adjective.

Words near blunt-witted in the dictionary

  1. blunt
  2. blunt instrument
  3. blunt instruments
  4. blunt-nosed viper
  5. blunt-nosed vipers
  6. blunt-witted
  7. bluntable
  8. blunted
  9. blunten
  10. bluntened
  11. bluntening

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