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nitwit
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nitwit has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nitwit, n. colloq. a stupid person.
Derivative
nitwittery n.
Etymology
perh. f. NIT(1) + WIT(1)
THESAURUS
nitwit
Boeotian, block, clod, cluck, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dullard, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, featherweight, gowk, jobbernowl, lackwit, lamebrain, lightweight, looby, loon, niais, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, noddy, pinhead, put, simp, stupid, thickwit, witling
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