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Definition of Dimwit
1. Noun. A stupid incompetent person.
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton
Definition of Dimwit
1. Noun. (pejorative) A person who is deficient in intelligence. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dimwit
1. a dunce [n -S] - See also: dunce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimwit
Literary usage of Dimwit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq by Richard Steele, Joseph Addison (1754)
"... ni" /'i.tj dimwit l d'i um (.пи* ili«i цп м! hi» . ')' |||i HUM li,||.,iit.
... ni" /'i.tj dimwit l d'i um (.пи* ili«i ..."
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... deltoid or ovate in — - -- --,... . .. ...1C Ir . States: and also by Thomas
Greenwood, Cathedra Pétri, a dimwit be very accurately defined—several, ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"... but each person's name dimwit the repetition of a name in different genera-
do with the preservation of the memory Children are not named for a rich ..."
4. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1817)
"[/]34H.6.48. I• f\ The ancient formes of courts nru t., : •' *ly observed, u 8H.
6 4 Ь. c¡rn dimwit, ..."
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