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Wantwit

Wantwit \Want"wit`\, n. One destitute of wit or sense; a blockhead; a fool. [Obs.]
--Shak.

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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.