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nitwit
nitwit
English
Noun
nitwit (plural nitwits)
- A scatterbrained or stupid person.
- 1918, State Bar Association of Connecticut, Annual Report, page 82
- If you don't remember you are a nitwit. If you do answer, well you know what the penalty is for perjury.
- 1921, Emmett Campbell Hall, "Need a Hero be a Nitwit?", The Editor, page 58
- 1922, Nina Wilcox Putnam, Laughter Inc
- "Don't be a nitwit, honey!" says Adele. "Here, let me open the door! Ma be I did leave them lights on, though it ain't ike me!"
- 1918, State Bar Association of Connecticut, Annual Report, page 82
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- See also Wikisaurus:fool