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Definition of Half-witted
1. Adjective. Retarded in intellectual development.
Language type: Archaicism, Archaism
Similar to: Retarded
Derivative terms: Backwardness, Feeblemindedness, Slow-wittedness
Definition of Half-witted
1. Adjective. Having a low intelligence; dim-witted ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-witted
Literary usage of Half-witted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"... only for awhile successful, left behind ' them but the mummeries of an impotent
freemasonry, and the ' enthusiastic ceremonies of half-witted ascetics;' ..."
2. Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne (1903)
"XII Talked familiarly with kings and queens—half-witted girl who giggled all the
... Halfwitted ..."
3. The Dictionary of English History edited by Sidney Low, Frederick Sanders Pulling (1896)
"Clarendon speaks of him as " a half-witted, crack-brained fellow, unknown to
either university or the College of Physicians, but one that had spent his time ..."
4. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"a poor, half-starved, half-witted boy, the son o£ Ralph ... away to join his
friend, who took care of the poor half-witted creature till he died (see pp. ..."
5. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"A half-witted boy in Scott's "Qld Mortality." Glb'bie, Sir. A pimple-hearted,
fine character in George Macdonald's novel by the same name. Gil Bias. ..."
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