lean-witted in English

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      "form": "more lean-witted",
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          "ref": "1877, Walter Thornbury, “Athens under King Otho”, in The Gentleman's Magazine",
          "text": "there is not a street boy who holds your horse but has a laugh, and a good one, at the lean-witted, dull Bavarian",
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        "Lacking in intelligence or shrewdness."
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        "(archaic) Lacking in intelligence or shrewdness."
      ],
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    }
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  "word": "lean-witted"
}

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    {
      "form": "more lean-witted",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
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        "superlative"
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        "Lacking in intelligence or shrewdness."
      ],
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          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
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          "shrewdness"
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        "(archaic) Lacking in intelligence or shrewdness."
      ],
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  "word": "lean-witted"
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"lean-witted" meaning in English

Adjective