unwit

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/ˈʌnwɪt//ʌnˈwɪt/

noun

Lack of wit or understanding; ignorance.

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Meanings

noununwit (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableLack of wit or understanding; ignorance.
verbunwit (third-person singular simple present unwits, present participle unwitting, simple past and past participle unwitted)

present singular third person unwits · participle present unwitting · participle past unwitted · past unwitted

  1. To deprive of wit.

    As if some planet had unwitted them

    c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]

Origin

From un- + wit.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

unwit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwit

MLA

“unwit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwit. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwit.

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