nitwit — (n.) stupid person, 1922, probably from nit nothing, from dialectal German or Yiddish, from Middle Low German (see NIX (Cf. nix)) + WIT (Cf. wit) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
nitwit — [n] idiot blockhead, bonehead*, cretin, dimwit, dork, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, fool, halfwit, ignoramus, imbecile, jerk, moron, nincompoop, ninny*, numskull, pinhead*, simpleton, stupid person; concept 412 … New thesaurus
nitwit — ► NOUN informal ▪ a silly or foolish person. ORIGIN apparently from NIT(Cf. ↑nit) + WIT(Cf. ↑witted) … English terms dictionary
nitwit — ☆ nitwit [nit′wit΄ ] n. [nit (< Ger dial. for nicht, not) or ? NIT1 + WIT1] a stupid or silly person … English World dictionary
nitwit — You little nitwit’ is a disguised endearment in The Fox in the Attic, by Richard Hughes. ‘Nitwit’ someone with the wit of a louse’s egg, i.e. no wit at all is too obviously a joke to be used as a serious insult. It seems to be a modern… … A dictionary of epithets and terms of address
nitwit — [[t]nɪ̱twɪt[/t]] nitwits N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a nitwit, you think they are stupid or silly. [INFORMAL] You great nitwit!... Hollywood was full of nitwits . Syn: nit, twit … English dictionary
nitwit — UK [ˈnɪtˌwɪt] / US noun [countable] Word forms nitwit : singular nitwit plural nitwits informal a stupid person … English dictionary
nitwit — n. someone who behaves stupidly. (Also a term of address.) □ You are such a nitwit! □ Please stop acting like a nitwit all the time … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
nitwit — fool, dumbbell, hairbrain, half there When he s drunk he acts like a nitwit like he has no sense! … English idioms
nitwit — /ˈnɪtwɪt / (say nitwit) noun Colloquial a slow witted or foolish person. {US English colloquialism (early 1900s) nit1 + wit1 (def. 4), i.e. having the intelligence of a nit } …
