halfwit

Someone lacking in intelligence.

Noun

  1. Someone lacking in intelligence.
    • It has been pointed out in this space before that a number of the titles you'll find shelved under self-help in your local bookshop are, on closer examination, farragos of wooden-headed tripe, written by mountebanks and...
    • “Doesn't matter. That man is not the leader.” “But he is the main guy on the show.” “He is an actor, Nandor. A simpleton who paints his face. He is an empty-headed puppet who thinks the world loves him, when in actual...

    Synonyms: fuckwit addle-brain addlehead addle pate airhead baboon beanbrain beetlebrain beetlehead berk bimbo birdbrain blockhead blubberbrain bonehead Boeotian boob bozo brainlet brickhead bubblehead bubble brain bufflehead buffoon

Origin

Etymology tree Middle English half English half English wit English halfwit From half + wit. First attested in 1607.

Forms

halfwits half-wit

Related

half-witted slow-witted

Derived

halfwittery