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nimble-witted

nimble-witted adjective: quick-witted.

Adjective

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

  1. Quick-witted.
    • Forth rusheth Sathan by and by, and of a gnatte maketh more then an Elephant of India, and of a very litle geometriall point, draweth forth an infinite Sphere: so ingenious, & nimble witted is Dame Slaunder.1581, Walter Haddon et al., translated by James Bell, Against Ierome Osorius Byshopp of Siluane in Portingall, London: John Daye, Book 3, p. 381b
    • The nimble-witted Miller had already smelt where I was travelling to, and made haste to get on the same road.1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 17, in Catriona, London: Thomas Nelson, pages 203–204

Forms of nimble-witted

comparativemore nimble-witted
superlativemost nimble-witted

Words formed from nimble-witted

Questions about nimble-witted

What does nimble-witted mean?
Nimble-witted means quick-witted.
What part of speech is nimble-witted?
Nimble-witted is an adjective.

Words near nimble-witted in the dictionary

  1. Nimbin
  2. nimble
  3. nimble will
  4. nimble-chops
  5. nimble-fingered
  6. nimble-witted
  7. nimble-wittedness
  8. nimbled
  9. nimbleness
  10. nimblenesses
  11. nimbler

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