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witling

witling noun: a person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.

Noun

witling (plural witlings)

  1. A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.
    • I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]1735 January 13 (Gregorian calendar; indicated as 1734), [Alexander] Pope, An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, London: […] J[ohn] Wright for Lawton Gilliver […], →OCLC, page 12, lines 218–221
  2. (derogatory) A person with very little wit.
    • "But the witlings of the bunch were those two swaggering there in the popular conception of western dress...."1942, Maurine Whipple, The Giant Joshua
    • "...only a witling would call a man with my conceit a liar."1955, Rex Stout, Immune to Murder

witling meaning in Tamil

witling in Tamil

சிறுபுத்தியுள்ளவன்

Forms of witling

pluralwitlings

Origin of witling

From wit + -ling.

Questions about witling

What does witling mean?
Witling means a person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.
What is witling in Tamil?
Witling in Tamil is சிறுபுத்தியுள்ளவன். See Witling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is witling?
Witling is a noun.
What is the plural of witling?
The plural of witling is witlings.

Words near witling in the dictionary

  1. witlessness
  2. witlessnesses
  3. witlet
  4. witlets
  5. Witley
  6. witling
  7. witlings
  8. witloof
  9. witloofs
  10. Witman
  11. Witmans

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