Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One destitute of wit or sense;a fool.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool.

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  • noun A person lacking wit or sense; a fool.

Etymologies

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want +‎ wit

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Examples

  • Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it.

    La insistencia de Jürgen Fauth 2010

  • I was a wantwit even to think about Matthew these days.

    QUEEN’S RANSOM Fiona Buckley 2000

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  • JM reckons a wan twit is a wantwit every time.

    February 16, 2011