midwit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A person of middling intellect; someone who is neither particularly dull nor particularly smart, especially if they act as though they are smarter than they are.

/ˈmɪdwɪt/

midwit midwits

From mid- + wit; likely coined in line with nitwit, halfwit, etc.

midbrow midcult

midwittery

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.

Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary