underwit

English

From under- +‎ wit.

underwit (plural underwits)

An underwitted person; a nitwit.
- c. 1699-1736, Jonathan Swift, Of the Education of Ladies
  That in the mean time, her household affairs, and the care of her children, will be wholly laid aside; her toilet will be crowded with all the under-wits, where the conversation will pass in criticising on the last play or poem that comes out […]
- 1832, Mary Russell Mitford, Lights and shadows of American life:
  "Well," said the captain, "then we must come Yankee over them, and I've notions enough here to baffle a nation of such underwits."

单词	underwit
释义	underwit English Alternative forms under-wit Etymology From under- +‎ wit. Noun underwit (plural underwits) An underwitted person; a nitwit. c. 1699-1736, Jonathan Swift, Of the Education of Ladies That in the mean time, her household affairs, and the care of her children, will be wholly laid aside; her toilet will be crowded with all the under-wits, where the conversation will pass in criticising on the last play or poem that comes out […] 1832, Mary Russell Mitford, Lights and shadows of American life: "Well," said the captain, "then we must come Yankee over them, and I've notions enough here to baffle a nation of such underwits."
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