midwit.
A person of middling intellect; someone who is neither particularly dull nor particularly smart, especially if they act as though they are smarter than they are.
Meaning & usage
A person of middling intellect; someone who is neither particularly dull nor particularly smart, especially if they act as though they are smarter than they are.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *wóyde Proto-Germanic *witaną Proto-Germanic *witją Proto-West Germanic *witi Old English witt Middle English wit English wit English midwit From mid- + wit; likely coined in line with nitwit, halfwit, etc.
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