"half-witted" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "half- + witted",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 264",
          "text": "\"These girls were a little queer, to be sure, almost half-witted, but that came from their having seen fairies,\" he added, with an indignant look at the squire.",
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        "Having a low intelligence; dim-witted."
      ],
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          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
        ],
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          "dim-witted",
          "dim-witted"
        ]
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          "word": "half-wit"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "aġvaš",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "աղվաշ"
        },
        {
          "code": "axm",
          "lang": "Middle Armenian",
          "roman": "aġuaš",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "աղուաշ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "maloumen",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "малоумен"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "slaboumen",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "слабоумен"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "féleszű"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "deficiente"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "mentecatto"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "meecheeallagh"
        },
        {
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "haivert"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having a low intelligence",
          "word": "langkas"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "half-witted"
}

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  "etymology_text": "half- + witted",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "word": "half-wit"
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      ],
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        "Having a low intelligence; dim-witted."
      ],
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          "dim-witted"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aġvaš",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "աղվաշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "axm",
      "lang": "Middle Armenian",
      "roman": "aġuaš",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "աղուաշ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "maloumen",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "малоумен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slaboumen",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "слабоумен"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "féleszű"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "deficiente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "mentecatto"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "meecheeallagh"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "haivert"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having a low intelligence",
      "word": "langkas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "half-witted"
}