dimwit
pronunciation
How to pronounce dimwit in British English:
UK [ˈdɪmˌwɪt]
How to pronounce dimwit in American English:
US [ˈdɪmˌwɪt]
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- Noun:
- a stupid incompetent person
Word Origin
- dimwit (n.)
- also dim-wit, U.S. college slang by 1922, from dim (adj.) + wit (n.). Related: dimwitted.
Example
- 1. Please go , jang-mee.man , he 's a real dimwit !
- 2. There are times when the author insults your intelligence giving you a punch line and then explaining it as though you 're a dimwit .
- 3. Oh , dave , you can be such a dimwit !
- 4. He was an absolute dimwit .
- 5. He 's a draft dodger and a mama 's boy and a dimwit .