witling

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7

Definition of witling

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.
    “I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]”
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noun

  1. A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.
    “I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings paſt my days, / To ſpread about the Itch of Verſe and Praiſe, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-ſong up and dovvn; […]”
  2. A person with very little wit.
    “"But the witlings of the bunch were those two swaggering there in the popular conception of western dress...."”
    “"...only a witling would call a man with my conceit a liar."”

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Etymology

From wit + -ling.

Anagrams of witling

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