Definition of "half-wit" []

• Slang A foolish or stupid person. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He was what people back then called a half-wit, of course."
• "In the not-too-distant future he sees a Republican half-wit winning the presidency and dragging America back to the Stone Age."
• "Of course cops get it wrong from time to time, as does the half-wit serving me in WH Smiths, the amusingly termed customer service centre at Eon or the staff at my local train station."