Definition of "witling" [wit•ling]

• One who aspires to wittiness. (noun)
• One who has little wit. (noun)

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• "He's the underdog you root for; a victimized witling in a land of condescending Talented."
• "Azhiri that lack the Talent are known as witlings and occupy a lower social status ... except for Pelio, a witling since birth but afforded a higher social standing since he happens to be the Prince of the land of Summer."
• "It is certainly not John the Baptist, nor John the Evangelist, nor James the Greater, nor James the Less; he must inevitably be some witling of a Hun, to write such abominable impertinence, or some ill-conditioned, malicious"