nitwit
pronunciation
How to pronounce nitwit in British English:
UK [ˈnɪtwɪt]
How to pronounce nitwit in American English:
US [ˈnɪtˌwɪt]
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- Noun:
- a stupid incompetent person
Word Origin
- nitwit (n.)
- "stupid person," 1922, probably from nit "nothing," from dialectal German or Yiddish, from Middle Low German (see nix) + wit (n.).
Example
- 1. Daughter : they are designer holes , you nitwit !
- 2. Where 's that nitwit ?
- 3. Why did you do that , you nitwit
- 4. You 're a real nitwit .
- 5. Get down from that tree right now , nitwit !