unwitty

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adjective

Without wit; foolish; silly.

OriginMiddle English unwitti ← Old English unwittiġ →
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Meanings

unwitty1

adjectiveunwitty (comparative more unwitty, superlative most unwitty)

comparative more unwitty · superlative most unwitty

  1. archaicWithout wit; foolish; silly.

unwitty2

adjectiveunwitty (comparative more unwitty, superlative most unwitty)

comparative more unwitty · superlative most unwitty

  1. Not witty; unfunny.

    “I put it back,” she explained, half laughing as though at an unwitty joke, the corners of her mouth turning down.

    2011, Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann, page 189

Origin

unwitty · adjective

  1. Old Englishunwittiġ“unconscious, ignorant, stupid”
  2. Middle Englishunwitti“foolish”
  3. Englishunwitty

From Middle English unwitti (“foolish”), from Old English unwittiġ (“unconscious, ignorant, stupid”), equivalent to un- + witty. Cognate with German unwitzig (“unwitty”), Icelandic úvitugr (“ignorant”).

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unwitty · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishwitty
  9. Englishunwitty

From un- + witty.

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

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Chicago

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

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