witling

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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...."

词形变化

witlings plural

词源

Etymology tree
English wit
English -ling
English witling
From wit + -ling.
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