ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Lean-witted

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Lean-witted is an adjective meaning (archaic) Lacking in intelligence or shrewdness.

Meaning

(archaic) Lacking in intelligence or shrewdness.

Example Sentences

And thou a lunatic lean-witted fool Presuming on an ague's privilege
there is not a street boy who holds your horse but has a laugh, and a good one, at the lean-witted, dull Bavarian

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include light-witted, short-witted, half-strained, slow-witted, slowwitted, obtuse.

Related Dictionary Tools

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.