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witless

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Definition of witless

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.
    “Then will we march to all thoſe Indian Mines, My witleſſe brother to the Chriſtians loſt: And ranſome them with fame and vſurie.”
    “To be his whore, is witles; Out upon't;”
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adj

  1. Lacking wit or understanding; foolish.
    “Then will we march to all thoſe Indian Mines, My witleſſe brother to the Chriſtians loſt: And ranſome them with fame and vſurie.”
    “To be his whore, is witles; Out upon't;”
  2. Indiscreet; not using clear and sound judgment.
  3. Mindless, lacking conscious thought or the capacity for it.
    “Rage warps my clearest cry To witless agony.”

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Etymology

From Middle English witles, from Old English witlēas (“senseless; witless”), from Proto-Germanic *witjalausaz (“witless”), equivalent to wit + -less. Cognate with Swedish vettlös (“senseless; witless; wild”), Icelandic vitlaus (“senseless; witless; foolish; mad”).

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