The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wantwit
Wantwit \Want"wit`\, n.
One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool. [Obs.]
--Shak.
Wiktionary
wantwit
n. A person lacking wit or sense; a fool.
Usage examples of "wantwit".
When this wantwit answered the door instead of Shipley, I thought him to be unaware that you never keep family standing around in the foyer to be announced.
He was no wantwit, like some she could name, but a well-read gentleman of superior understanding.
Annie an unlettered wantwit, however, so he kept mum about her abilities, although a bluestocking was nearly as unmarkable as an imbecile on the marriage block.