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witlings

witlings is the plural of witling.

Meaning of witling

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

Questions about witlings

What is witlings the plural of?
Witlings is the plural of witling.

Words near witlings in the dictionary

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

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