"hen-witted" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more hen-witted",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hen-witted",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hen-witted (comparative more hen-witted, superlative most hen-witted)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956, George Orwell, Keep the aspidistra flying",
          "text": "Quite half of them were those hen-witted middle-aged women who have lately escaped from good Christian homes and are trying to be literary.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Gaelen Foley, Her Secret Fantasy",
          "text": "It's a good offer, but I am not prepared to take a bullet for any hen-witted politician.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Sabrina Jeffries, Let Sleeping Rogues Lie",
          "text": "\"So the only reason I can think of for this burst of pique is that you're jealous.\" \"Of you and that hen-witted tart with her rhinoceros-sized breasts?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Foolish; birdbrained."
      ],
      "id": "en-hen-witted-en-adj-9rstT9EO",
      "links": [
        [
          "Foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "birdbrained",
          "birdbrained"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "henwitted"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hen-witted"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more hen-witted",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hen-witted",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hen-witted (comparative more hen-witted, superlative most hen-witted)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1956, George Orwell, Keep the aspidistra flying",
          "text": "Quite half of them were those hen-witted middle-aged women who have lately escaped from good Christian homes and are trying to be literary.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Gaelen Foley, Her Secret Fantasy",
          "text": "It's a good offer, but I am not prepared to take a bullet for any hen-witted politician.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Sabrina Jeffries, Let Sleeping Rogues Lie",
          "text": "\"So the only reason I can think of for this burst of pique is that you're jealous.\" \"Of you and that hen-witted tart with her rhinoceros-sized breasts?\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Foolish; birdbrained."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "birdbrained",
          "birdbrained"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "henwitted"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hen-witted"
}