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n. Stupid; dull. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Flighty; passing rapidly from one subject to another; not having the faculty of attention. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Dull; stupid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanor! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. mentally retarded; relatively slow in mental function.
Syn. -- half-witted, simple, simple-minded. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Deprived of wits or understanding; distracted. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stupid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dull; stupid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Weak in intellect; silly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having but little sense or shrewdness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having ready wit Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Readiness of wit. “Celtic quick-wittedness.” M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having ready wit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having an acute or nicely discerning mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dull of apprehension; not possessing quick intelligence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Heavy; dull. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Thwite, and Whittle. ] To cut or whittle. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Palsgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small knife; a whittle. [ Written also thwitel. ] [ Obs. ] “A Sheffield thwittle.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Twit. ] One who twits, or reproaches; an upbraider. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Twittered p. pr. & vb. n. Twittering. ] [ OE. twiteren; of imitative origin; cf. G. zwitschern, OHG. zwizzirōn, D. kwetteren, Sw. qvittra, Dan. quiddre. Cf. Titter. ] 1. To make a succession of small, tremulous, intermitted noises. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Perhaps influenced by twitch. ] To have a slight trembling of the nerves; to be excited or agitated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To utter with a twitter. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of twittering; a small, tremulous, intermitted noise, as that made by a swallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A half-suppressed laugh; a fit of laughter partially restrained; a titter; a giggle. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A slight trembling or agitation of the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, twitters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A slight nervous excitement or agitation, such as is caused by desire, expectation, or suspense. [ 1913 Webster ]

A widow, who had a twittering towards a second husband, took a gossiping companion to manage the job. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a twitting manner; with upbraiding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Twattle. ] Tattle; gabble. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly. [ R. ] Bp. Kennet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant. -- Un*wit"ting*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed like criticaster. ] A witling. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Witty. ] A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Witty + -fy + -ed. ] Possessed of wit; witty. [ R. ] R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with wit; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who his own harm so wittily contrives. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being witty. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Wit, v. ] Knowingly; with knowledge; by design. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Said to be for white tail, and so called in allusion to its white tail; but cf. witwal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) The wheatear. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a wittol; cuckoldly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]