Meanings
adjectiveblunt-witted (comparative more blunt-witted, superlative most blunt-witted)
comparative more blunt-witted · superlative most blunt-witted
- dull; stupid
Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanour!
1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]
Origin
From blunt + witted. Compare Middle English blunt of wytte.
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