Definition of Halfwits

1. Noun. (plural of halfwit) ¹

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Definition of Halfwits

1. halfwit [n] - See also: halfwit

Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfwits

halftone engraving
halftoned
halftones
halftoning
halftrack
halftracks
halfwave
halfwaves
halfway
halfway decent
halfway house
halfway houses
halfwidth
halfwidths
halfwit
halfwits (current term)
halfwitted
halfwittedly
halfwittedness
halfwittery
halfword
halfwords
halibut
halibut-liver oil
halibut liver oil
halibuts
halichondriae
halichondrid
halichondrids
halichondrin

Literary usage of Halfwits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glimpses of Authors by Caroline Ticknor (1922)
"It is intended to please the aged and the halfwits of our time, those who are suffering for want of sleep. Under the circumstances you can hardly be ..."

2. The British Essayists;: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"halfwits do not apprehend the miseries that must necessarily flow from a de- generacy of manners; nor do they know that order is the support of society. ..."

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