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Definition of Slow-witted
1. Adjective. Retarded in intellectual development.
Language type: Archaicism, Archaism
Similar to: Retarded
Derivative terms: Backwardness, Feeblemindedness, Slow-wittedness
Definition of Slow-witted
1. Adjective. Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slow-witted
Literary usage of Slow-witted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... Slow (of comprehension), slow-witted, stupid, dull; li. ... one's pace.
hidas, tuumainen phlegmatic, slow-witted, slow of thought, -verinen phlegmatic. ..."
2. Suomalais-englantilainen sanakirja by Severi Alanne (1919)
"... slow (of comprehension), slow-witted, stupid, dull; ... slacken one's pace.
hidas tuumainen phlegmatic, slow-witted, slow of thought, ..."
3. An Editor's Retrospect: Fifty Years of Newspaper Work by Charles Alfred Cooper (1896)
"Nothing is more common than for some slow- witted people to disparage the day-to-day
writing in newspapers. They cannot write or think except with an effort ..."
4. An Editor's Retrospect: Fifty Years of Newspaper Work by Charles Alfred Cooper (1896)
"Nothing is more common than for some slow- witted people to disparage the day-to-day
writing in newspapers. They cannot write or think except with an effort ..."
5. An Editor's Retrospect: Fifty Years of Newspaper Work by Charles Alfred Cooper (1896)
"Nothing is more common than for some slow- witted people to disparage the day-to-day
writing in newspapers. They cannot write or think except with an effort ..."
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