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nitwits

nitwits is the plural of nitwit.

Meaning of nitwit

Noun

nitwit (plural nitwits)

  1. (informal) A scatterbrained or stupid person.
    • If you don't remember you are a nitwit. If you do answer, well, you know what the penalty is for perjury.1918, State Bar Association of Connecticut, Annual Report, page 82

Questions about nitwits

What is nitwits the plural of?
Nitwits is the plural of nitwit.

Words near nitwits in the dictionary

  1. Nittolos
  2. nitty
  3. nitty gritty
  4. nitty-gritty
  5. nitwit
  6. nitwits
  7. nitwitted
  8. nitwittedly
  9. nitwittedness
  10. nitwittery
  11. nitwittish

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