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lackwit

noun

Etymology

From lack + wit.

  1. derived from *wóyde✻ — “to know”
  2. derived from *witaną✻ — “to know”
  3. inherited from *witją✻ — “knowledge; reason; wit”
  4. inherited from *witi✻
  5. inherited from witt — “mind, sanity, sense, understanding”
  6. inherited from wit
  7. compounded as lackwit — “lack + wit”

Definitions

  1. A witless person

    A witless person; a fool.

    • Fear flashed through Tom's eyes as the lackwit looked to the housekeeper.
    • “Enunciation, Piper. Enunciation. Don't make people think you're a lackwit.”

  2. Foolish

    Foolish; idiotic or simple-minded.

    • One wall was painted with the story of St Robert the hermit and his persecution by Sir William de Stuteville, while the other depicted the cowherd Caedmon, albeit looking too lackwit to herd a hen let alone wax lyrical.
    • Your fault for bein' so lackwit, ours for givin' you leave.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lackwit. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA