SLOW-WITTED
ADJECTIVES
► BIRD-BRAINED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1922 sl.
► BLONDE slow-witted, vapid, scatterbrained → 1999 sl.
► BONE-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1903 sl., orig. US
► CLUELESS foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1943 sl.
► DAFTISH somewhat slow of intellect, stupid → 1845 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DARK stupid, slow-witted, ignorant → a1660 sl.
► DAW-DAW ► DAW-YAW slow-witted → c1950 colloq.
► DIM foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1892 sl.
► DIM-WITTED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1940 sl.
► DOPEY ► DOPY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1903 sl.. orig. US
► DOWF lacking spirit or energy; gloomy; also, slow-witted, stupid → a1522 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DOZEY ► DOZY foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1924 Brit. sl.
► DULL-HEADED slow-witted, obtuse in intellect → 1552
► DULL-PATED slow-witted, dull-headed → 1580
► DUMB foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1823 sl.
► DUMB-ASSED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1957 US sl.
► DUMPISH dull, stupid, slow-witted; inactive, inert, spiritless; dull, uninteresting; abstracted, insensible to outward things → 1545 obs.
► DUNDERHEADED stupid, foolish, slow-witted → 1692
► FAT slow-witted, indolent, self-complacent → 1588
► GORMLESS foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → c1746 sl.
► IDLE-MINDED slow-witted; wandering in mind; dull and stupid → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LAME-BRAINED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1929 sl., chiefly US
► LEATHER-HEADED stupid, foolish, slow-witted → a1668
► LUNKHEADED slow-witted, foolish → L19 sl.
► MEAT-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1949 sl., chiefly US
► MULLET-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1857 US sl.
► MUTTON-HEADED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1768 sl.
► NOT HAVE ALL FOUR PAWS ON THE MOUSE slow-witted → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► PEA-BRAINED foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → 1950 sl.
► SHORT-MINDED slow-witted → 1862 Amer. dial.
► SO SLOW HE COULDN’T GET A JOB AS A SPEED HUMP slow-witted. lethargic → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► TAIVERT ► TAVERT stupid, foolish, muddle-headed, slow-witted, half-witted → 1818 Sc.
► THICK AS A BRICK slow-witted → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► THICK AS A LOG OF WOOD slow-witted → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► THICK AS THE DUST ON A PUBLIC SERVANT’S OUT-TRAY dull, slow-witted → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► THICK AS TWO SHORT PLANKS slow-witted → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► THICK AS TWO SHORT POMS slow-witted → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► THICK foolish, slow-witted, unintelligent, stupid → a1800 sl.
► ZOMBIED OUT slow-witted → 1940s sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► AARDVARK a slow-witted person having a coarse or foolish appearance; an oaf; a fool → 1968 Amer. sl.
► B.B. a bird-brain; a fool, a stupid person; one of low intelligence; a slow-witted person → 1958 US sl.
► BIRD-BRAIN a slow-witted person → 1933 sl.
► BLIND FREDDIE the personification of a slow-witted, ignorant person → 1970 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BONE-HEAD a slow-witted person → 1908 sl., orig. US
► CABOOSE a slow-witted person → 1920s US sl.
► CLOD a slow-witted person → 1605
► DAFTY a silly fellow; a slow-witted person → 1873 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DIMWIT a slow-witted person → 1922 sl., orig. US
► DOTE a foolish, incompetent or slow-witted person → a1275
► DROOB a gormless fool; a slow-witted person → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► DROPKICK a slow-witted person → 20C Aust. sl.
► DULL-HEAD a dull-headed or slow-witted person; a fool, a blockhead → 1534 obs.
► DULL-PATE a dull-headed or slow-witted person; a fool, a blockhead → a1500 obs.
► DUMBO a slow-witted or stupid person → 1960 sl., orig. US
► DUNDERHEAD a stupid or slow-witted person; an idiot, a fool → 1630 depreciative usage
► FLAKE one who is ‘flaky’ or liable to act in an eccentric or crazy manner; also, a foolish, slow-witted or unreliable person → 1968 sl.
► JOE SOAP a slow-witted or ordinary person
► KNUCKLE-HEAD a slow-witted or stupid person → 1944
► LAME-BRAIN a slow-witted person → 1929 sl., chiefly US
► LUNK a slow-witted person → 1867 sl., orig. US
► LUNK-HEAD. a slow-witted person → 1884 sl., orig. US
► MEAT-HEAD a slow-witted person → 1945 sl., chiefly US
► MOOCH a slow-witted person; one who is easily cheated, deceived, imposed upon, or swindled; a gullible or naive person; a dupe, a sucker → 1910 colloq.
► MOPE a fool, a stupid person, a simpleton; a dolt, an oaf; a dullard; a slow-witted or inept person → c1390
► MORON a stupid or slow-witted person; a fool; an idiot; a feeble-minded person; a dunce → 1917 colloq., orig. US
► MOUTH a person who talks foolishly; a slow-witted or gullible person; a fool; a dupe → 1663 orig. cant
► MULLET-HEAD a slow-witted person → 1857 US sl.
► MUSSEL-HEAD a slow-witted, unintelligent person → 1953 Amer. dial.
► MUTT a slow-witted person → 1901 sl., orig. US
► MUTT AND JEFF a pair of slow-witted men, esp. one tall and one short → 1917 sl.
► MUTTON-HEAD a slow-witted person → 1803 sl., orig. US
► OAF a large, slow-witted, clumsy person → 1902 sl.
► OAFO a large, slow-witted, clumsy person; a lout → 1959 sl.
► PRUNE a slow-witted person; a simpleton; one easily duped → c1900 Amer. sl.
► SAFT DUD an inept, slow-witted, sheepish sort of person → 1894 Sc.
► SHELLBACK an ultra-conservative, slow-witted person → 1860 US sl.
► SPARROW-BRAIN a slow-witted person → 1930 sl.
► SPARROWHEAD a person with a tiny brain; a person of limited intelligence; a slow-witted person → 1984 US sl.
► TAMMIE NORRIE ► TAM-O’-NORRIE a stupid, slow-witted, doltish person → 1701 Sc.
► WOMBAT a slow-witted person → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WOODENTOP a slow-witted person → 1983 Brit. sl.
► YUCKEL a dull oaf; a slow-witted person → 20C US sl.
► ZOMBIE a dull, apathetic, or slow-witted person; a boring, witless person lacking in motivation; also used as a term of disparagement → 1936 colloq.
PHRASES
► HE COULDN’T SEE A JOKE EXCEPT BY APPOINTMENT, AND HE’D PROBABLY BE LATE FOR THAT applied to a very slow-witted person → 1955
► HE HASN’T GOT ALL FOUR PAWS ON THE MOUSE he is slow-witted → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► DUNCIFY to make a dunce of; to render a person stupid, slow-witted, or confused → 1594
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