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   What does nitwit mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of NITWIT is a scatterbrained or stupid person. How to use nitwit in a sentence.

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   Is 'nitwit' a noun or a hypernym?

   • Familiarity information: 'Nitwit' is a noun. Hypernyms ('nitwit' is a kind of): simple, simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense), colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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   What does NIT mean?

   • n. A stupid or silly person. [Probably obsolete nit, nothing (from German dialectal, from Middle High German niht, nit; see nix2) + wit.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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   Is it nice to call someone a nitwit?

   • It's not nice to call someone a nitwit, but it's hard to resist when people do things that are outrageously incompetent or ridiculous. It's pretty common to refer to entire groups of people as nitwits, like politicians or fans of a rival sports team. The word comes from nit, "nothing" in dialectical Yiddish, and wit, "sense or intelligence."

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   When was nitwit first used?

   • The earliest known use of the word nitwit is in the 1910s. OED's earliest evidence for nitwit is from 1910, in the writing of David G. Phillips. nitwit is perhaps formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nit n.1, wit n.

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   What is a slow witted person?

   • n. a slow-witted, stupid, or foolish person. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

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   The meaning of NITWIT is a scatterbrained or stupid person. How to use nitwit in a sentence.

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   nitwit. (nɪtwɪt ) Word forms: nitwits. countable noun. If you refer to someone as a nitwit, you think they are stupid or silly. [informal, disapproval] You great nitwit! Synonyms: fool, dummy [slang], plank [British, slang], oaf More Synonyms of nitwit. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   Define nitwit. nitwit synonyms, nitwit pronunciation, nitwit translation, English dictionary definition of nitwit. n. A stupid or silly person.

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   A nitwit is a foolish person. If you bake a cake and stir a cup of salt into the batter instead of sugar, your brother will probably call you a nitwit. It's not nice to call someone a nitwit, but it's hard to resist when people do things that are outrageously incompetent or ridiculous.

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   NITWIT meaning: 1. a silly or stupid person 2. a silly or stupid person 3. a foolish or stupid person. Learn more.

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   What does the word nitwit mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word nitwit. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. nitwit is considered derogatory. See meaning & use. How common is the word nitwit? About 0.07 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency.

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   Nitwit definition: a slow-witted, stupid, or foolish person.. See examples of NITWIT used in a sentence.