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Definition of Half-wit
1. Noun. A person of subnormal intelligence.
Specialized synonyms: Mongoloid
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton
Derivative terms: Cretinous, Idiotic, Imbecilic, Moronic, Retard
2. Noun. A stupid incompetent person.
Language type: Colloquialism
Generic synonyms: Simple, Simpleton
Definition of Half-wit
1. Noun. A person of around half the average intelligence of his or her peers ¹
2. Noun. A stupid or inept person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-wit
Literary usage of Half-wit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Towards Morning by Ida Alexa Ross Wylie (1918)
"A pretty thing for me to have—a half-wit—for a cousin." "A half-wit! A half-wit!"
They pounced on the cry like a pack of hounds. "Who's the German Emperor? ..."
2. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"You're an eloquent half-wit. You're the idiotic victim of your malevolent self.
... It is the product of an articulate half-wit, of a writer who is the ..."
3. The Midland by Frank Luther Mott, John Towner Frederick (1918)
"So we supposed, to test the flax, and fell, Just as the half-wit fell, ...
He died, some years ago, As simple-minded as the half-wit killed To save a few ..."
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