halfwit

halfwit

See also: half-wit

English

Etymology

From half and wit.

Noun

halfwit (plural halfwits)

1. (informal) Someone lacking in intelligence.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:idiot

Translations

someone lacking in intelligence

French: abruti (fr) m, abrutie (fr) f, idiot (fr) m, idiote (fr) f Galician: idiota m or f, parvo (gl) m, parva f German: Trottel (de) m, Schwachkopf (de) m, Halbidiot m, Halbidiotin f

Maori: wawau Russian: полуду́рок (ru) m (poludúrok)