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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Half-witnoun
A blockhead; a foolish fellow.
Etymology: half and wit.
Half-wits are fleas, so little and so light,
We scarce could know they live, but that they bite. Dryden.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of half wit in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of half wit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of half wit in a Sentence
The real wit tells jokes to make others feel superior, while the half-wit tells them to make others feel small.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.
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