half-witted

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For all his brains and later academic renown, he was no swot: he started cramming five days before finals, from an undemanding textbook nicknamed “Economics for the Half-witted Child”.

From Economist • Aug. 13, 2015

"Half-witted, you great stupid big man," says Miss Cann, who had a fine spirit of her own.

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Half-witted K�the landed just at that moment with her father's boat; dripping with wet, she sprang upon the shore.

From Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel by Gottschall, Rudolf von

Now, it is in my mind to send Koll the Half-witted, my thrall, whom Asmund gave to me, to Ospakar as though by chance.

From Eric Brighteyes by Haggard, Henry Rider

He complains the Refinement of our Language has hitherto been trusted to illiterate Court Fops, Half-witted Poets, and University Boys.

From Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley (1712) and The British Academy (1712) by Landa, Louis A.