dimwit

English

Etymology

Compound of dim +‎ wit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɪmwɪt/
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Noun

dimwit (plural dimwits)

(derogatory) A person who is deficient in intelligence.

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:fool
See Thesaurus:idiot

Derived terms

Terms derived from dimwit

Translations

person who is deficient in intelligence

Finnish: palikka (fi), luupää (fi), tonttu (fi), torvi (fi)
French: abruti (fr) m, abrutie (fr) f, idiot (fr) m, idiote (fr) f sans-dessein (fr) (Québec)
Galician: idiota m or f, parvo (gl) m, parva f
German: Trottel (de) m, Schwachkopf (de) m, Halbidiot m, Halbidiotin f, Dummkopf (de) m, Blödmann (de) m, Dumpfbacke (de) f
Icelandic: hálfviti (is) m
Ingrian: durakka, vohma, hapalka, oolo, tuhkuri, tuhkapää, tuhkapussi, foofana, bolvana
Japanese: ばか (ja) (baka), あほ (ja) (aho), 間抜け (ja) (manuke)
Maori: wawau, hore
Norwegian: tosk m, dust (no) m, (archaic) dumrian (no) m
Plautdietsch: Eefelt m
Portuguese: tolo (pt) m
Romanian: tâmpit (ro) m, prost (ro) m, neghiob (ro) m, nătărău (ro) m
Russian: болва́н (ru) m (bolván), полуду́рок (ru) m (poludúrok), тупи́ца (ru) m (tupíca)
Spanish: tolo (es) m
Swedish: pundhuvud (sv) n, dumskalle (sv) c, dumbom (sv) c

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