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Thickwit vs Thickwitted - What's the difference?

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Thickwit is a related term of thickwitted.


As a noun thickwit

is a stupid person.

As an adjective thickwitted is

stupid, dim-witted.

thickwit

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A stupid person.
  • * 2007 , Christopher Nosnibor, Bad Houses (page 94)
  • A clamour of thickwits wanting to board the train hadn't the sense to let passengers off before trying to wrestle their way on, thrusting suitcases and rucksacks up the step and against my shins the moment I opened the door.

    thickwitted

    English

    Alternative forms

    * thick-witted

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Stupid, dim-witted.
  • * 1865 , Macmillan's Magazine , volume 12, page 99:
  • His son she viewed as one of the thickwitted giants meant to be food for the heroism of good knights of romance.
  • * 1996 , Eugene Cunningham, Triggernometry: a gallery of gunfighters , page 41:
  • And this was the smooth-faced, frightened, helpless boy, whom those two thickwitted , bullying officers were carrying to Waco!

    Synonyms

    * See