Reverse Dictionary: HALF-WIT

ADJECTIVES
1325 — DAFT silly, stupid, foolish, half-witted, mad → Sc., Ireland, and Eng. dial.
1592 — DOUGH-BAKED deficient in reason or sense; also, foolish, half-witted
1683 — UNDER-WITTED adj. weak in intellect; of inferior understanding; half-witted, silly
1685 — HAVEREL foolish, silly, half-witted, nonsensical, talking foolishly → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1787 — HALLOCKIT wild, romping; light, giddy; crazy, half-witted → Sc.
1793 — KAE-WITTED — KAY-WITTED scatterbrained, harebrained, half-witted → Sc.
1815 — HELLICAT giddy, light-headed, flighty, half-witted → Sc.
1818 — TAIVERT — TAVERT stupid, foolish, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted → Sc.
1835 — BABBLE half-witted; idiotic → Sc.
1855 — HALF-BAKED foolish, silly, half-witted, weak of intellect;  raw, inexperienced → Eng. dial.
1857 — CAKEY stupid, foolish, daft; half-witted → sl.
1862 — AWVISH dull; half-witted → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1869 — HALF-ROCKED half-witted, silly, foolish, oafish → Eng. dial.
1871 — HALF-SAVED half-witted, foolish, silly, weak of intellect → Eng. dial.
1879 — BARMY silly, weak-minded, half-witted → sl.
1881 — AVISH — AYVISH half-witted, silly; babyish, aping childishness → Eng. dial.
1893 — GATLESS half-witted, shiftless, careless, thoughtless, idle, heedless → Eng. dial.
1895 — THORTY thoughtless, half-witted, stupid → Eng. dial.
1902 — INNOCENT half-witted, silly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — LARY half-witted → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — HALF AND HALF half-witted → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — HALF-FOOL stupid, ignorant, half-witted → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — HALF-JACK half-witted → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — OAF-ROCK’D half-witted, stupid, foolish, silly → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1911 — LEARY dazed, bewildered; foolish, half-witted → Amer. dial.
1956 — HALF-HUNG-TEE half-witted, not all there → Sc.
1999 — SOFT-ARSED stupid, dull, half-witted → UK sl.

NOUNS
1884 — YORNEYISM simplicity, foolishness, half-wittedness → Eng. dial.
1885 — YORNEYISHNESS simplicity, foolishness, half-wittedness → Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
1325 — DAFF one deficient in proper spirit; a simpleton, blockhead, oaf, or fool; a half-witted person → obs. exc. N. Eng. dial.
1533 — NATURAL a half-witted person; one naturally deficient in intellect; an idiot; a simpleton
1565 — TOM FOOL a man mentally deficient; a half-witted person → obs.
1638 — OAF a half-wit; a simpleton; a fool; a stupid fellow; a blockhead; an idiot; a dolt; an awkward, blundering lout; the clown of a circus
1654 — SOFTHEAD a half-witted or silly person
1700 — SAWNEY a fool or simpleton; a silly, half-witted fellow; an ignorant country lout; a soft, good-natured fellow; a clumsy person; a thug
1719 — GILLY-GAUPUS a foolish, silly, or half-witted person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly → Sc.
1719 — GILLY-GAWPY a foolish, silly, or half-witted person; a simpleton; a person who is lanky, awkward, or stares stupidly → Sc.
1755 — HALF-WIT a half-witted person
1772 — HAIVEREL — HAIVREL — HAVEREL — HAVERIL — HAVREL a foolishly chattering or garrulous person; a fool, a half-wit, a simpleton → Sc.
1785 — JACOB a simpleton; a fool; a half-witted fellow; an oaf → sl. obs.
1788 — GAWVISON a silly, awkward, gaping fellow; a noisy, foolish person; a simpleton, a blockhead; a half-witted person; a dunce → Eng. dial.
1796 — DUMMY a silly, half-witted person
1796 — GAUVEY — GAUVY a fool, a simpleton, a dunce; a half-witted person; a vacant-minded person, one that is easily imposed upon → Eng. dial.
1799 — ADDLE-BRAIN one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow; a foolish bungler; a dullard
1808 — HALFLIN — HALFLING — HAWFLIN a half-witted person; a fool → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1825 — GONNERIL a half-wit, a dunce → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1866 — HALF-BAKED a half-baked person; a foolish, silly, or half-witted person; an immature person → colloq. & Eng. dial.
1873 — HAFFLIN a half-witted person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1877 — GAWMY a simpleton; a silly person; a half-wit → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1877 — GAWVY a fool, a simpleton; a half-witted person; an open-mouthed fellow → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1886 — GLOCK a fool; a half-witted person; an eccentric person → UK sl.
1893 — HALF-ROCK a foolish or half-witted fellow → Eng. dial.
1895 — HELLICAT a half-witted, flighty person → Sc. (Bk.)
1896 — GAUMLESS a stupid, half-witted person; a fool → Eng. dial.
1896 — GAUMLESS-HEAD a stupid, half-witted person, a fool → Eng. dial.
1900 — GAUVING an idiot; a half-witted person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — HALFY a fool; a half-witted person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — OAF-ROCK a half-witted, weak-minded person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — WIDDERPOLL a half-witted person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1908 — JIMCRACK a fool, an idiot, a half-witted person → Amer. dial.

VERBS
1874 — COME OUT WITH THE CAKES to be silly or half-witted → Eng. dial.
1902 — BE BURIED IN A NAPKIN to be half-witted → sl. ​(Bk.)