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Definition of Nitwits
1. nitwit [n] - See also: nitwit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitwits
Literary usage of Nitwits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phi Delta Kappan by Phi Delta Kappa (1912)
"Many experts in a narrow field seem to be nitwits in most other respects and the
result is unlimited conflicts and confusion. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"... toi Ranunculus nitwits, large tufts of Andromeda tetragona,Armeria Labradorica,
Silène acaulis, &c. All these, at their arrival in Philadelphia, ..."
3. The Methodist Review (1891)
"nitwits that she must become sucli "or soon cense to be a church at all."
"The sects," he says, "are too weak doctrinally to live much longer; ..."
4. A Crisis of the Weimar Republic: A Study of the German Referendum of 20 June by Franklin C. West (1985)
"Two great camps face one another: the camp of about 25 million decent people
opposed to the camp of about 15 million robbers, thieves, liars and—nitwits ..."
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