See halfwit on Wiktionary
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{ "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "half", "3": "wit" }, "expansion": "half + wit", "name": "com" } ], "etymology_text": "From half + wit.", "forms": [ { "form": "halfwits", "tags": [ "plural" ] }, { "form": "half-wit", "tags": [ "alternative" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "halfwit (plural halfwits)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "word": "half-witted" }, { "word": "slow-witted" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English adjective-noun compound nouns", "English bahuvrihi compounds", "English compound terms", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English informal terms", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms with quotations", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "en:People" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "2024 November 25, Max Brockman, “P.I. Undercover: New York” (11:26 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 8, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):", "text": "“Doesn't matter. That man is not the leader.” “But he is the main guy on the show.” “He is an actor, Nandor. A simpleton who paints his face. He is an empty-headed puppet who thinks the world loves him, when in actual fact, he is nothing more than a lapdog begging for scraps.” [groans] “No, he is not the leader. That would be another devil who pulls the strings. The halfwit they call the director.”", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Someone lacking in intelligence." ], "links": [ [ "intelligence", "intelligence" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(informal) Someone lacking in intelligence." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "fuckwit" }, { "word": "idiot" } ], "tags": [ "informal" ] } ], "word": "halfwit" }
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