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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person lacking
wit orsense ; afool .
Etymologies
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want + wit
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Examples
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Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it.
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I was a wantwit even to think about Matthew these days.
QUEEN’S RANSOM Fiona Buckley 2000
jmjarmstrong commented on the word wantwit
JM reckons a wan twit is a wantwit every time.
February 16, 2011