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nitwittish

nitwittish adjective: somewhat like a nitwit.

Adjective

nitwittish (comparative more nitwittish, superlative most nitwittish)

  1. (rare) Somewhat like a nitwit.
    • After college she had discarded men as “horrid” and B.D. remembered poignantly her nitwittish young woman friend who had discarded Gretchen.2010, Jim Harrison, The Farmer's Daughter

Forms of nitwittish

comparativemore nitwittish
superlativemost nitwittish

Origin of nitwittish

From nitwit + -ish.

Questions about nitwittish

What does nitwittish mean?
Nitwittish means somewhat like a nitwit.
What part of speech is nitwittish?
Nitwittish is an adjective.

Words near nitwittish in the dictionary

  1. nitwits
  2. nitwitted
  3. nitwittedly
  4. nitwittedness
  5. nitwittery
  6. nitwittish
  7. Nitz
  8. Nitzel
  9. Nitzels
  10. Nitzes
  11. niu

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