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underwits

underwits is the plural of underwit.

Meaning of underwit

Noun

underwit (plural underwits)

  1. An underwitted person; a nitwit.
    • That in the mean time, her household affairs, and the care of her children, will be wholly laid aside; her toilet will be crowded with all the under-wits, where the conversation will pass in criticising on the last play or poem that comes out […]c. 1699-1736, Jonathan Swift, Of the Education of Ladies

Questions about underwits

What is underwits the plural of?
Underwits is the plural of underwit.

Words near underwits in the dictionary

  1. underwit
  2. underwithheld
  3. underwithhold
  4. underwithholding
  5. underwithholds
  6. underwits
  7. underwitted
  8. underwomaned
  9. underwomanned
  10. underwood
  11. Underwood's septa

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