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 Definitions of half-wit  [ˈhæfˈweɪ, ˈhɑf-]  

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Definition of 'half-wit' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) half-wit
a person who lacks intelligence or good sense; feeble-minded or foolish person; fool.

Etymology:  (1670–80)

Definition of 'half-wit' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard
a person of subnormal intelligence

2. (noun) dimwit, nitwit, half-wit, doofus
a stupid incompetent person


Definition of 'half-wit' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) half-wit
a foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce


Translation of 'half-wit' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a fool or idiot.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: domkop Arabic flag Arabic: ضَعيف العَقْل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: слабоумен човек
Brazilian flag Brazilian: palerma Czech flag Czech: idiot German flag German: der Dummkopf
Danish flag Danish: fjols; idiot Greek flag Greek: ηλίθιος Spanish flag Spanish: bobo
Estonian flag Estonian: poolhull Farsi flag Farsi: دم احمق و نادان Finnish flag Finnish: älykääpiö
French flag French: idiot, idiote Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְטוּמטָם Hindi flag Hindi: अल्प बुद्धि वाला
Croatian flag Croatian: slaboumna osoba Hungarian flag Hungarian: féleszű Indonesian flag Indonesian: tolol
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hálfviti Italian flag Italian: idiota Japanese flag Japanese: まぬけ
Korean flag Korean: 바보, 멍청이 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pusprotis Latvian flag Latvian: plānprātiņš
Malay flag Malay: bodoh Dutch flag Dutch: halvegare, dwaas Norwegian flag Norwegian: tomsing
Polish flag Polish: półgłówek Persian flag Persian: دم احمق و نادان Pashto flag Pashto: نادانه سړ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: palerma Romanian flag Romanian: idiot Russian flag Russian: дурачок
Slovak flag Slovak: hlupák, idiot Slovenian flag Slovenian: bebček Serbian flag Serbian: tikvan
Swedish flag Swedish: fån, idiot, dumbom Thai flag Thai: คนโง่ Turkish flag Turkish: salak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 笨蛋 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: недоумкуватий Urdu flag Urdu: بے وقوف، احمق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: người dở hơi Chinese flag Chinese: 笨蛋

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