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wits' ends

wits' ends is the plural of wits' end.

Meaning of wits' end

Noun

wits' end (plural wits' ends)

  1. (UK) The limit of one's sanity or mental capacity; the point of desperation.
    • The Seamen they
      Bestir their stumps, and at wits end do weep.
      Wake, Jonas, who saith
      Heave me over deck.1699, Edward Taylor, The Poems of Edward Taylor, published 1989, page 136

Questions about wits' ends

What is wits' ends the plural of?
Wits' ends is the plural of wits' end.

Words near wits' ends in the dictionary

  1. Witotan
  2. Witoto
  3. Witotoan
  4. wits
  5. wits' end
  6. wits' ends
  7. witsec
  8. witsome
  9. Witsuwit'en
  10. Witsuwit'en-Nedut'en
  11. Witsuwitʼen

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