puzzlewit

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

puzzle +‎ wit

Noun[edit]

puzzlewit (plural puzzlewits)

  1. A stupid person

Usage notes[edit]

It was used by Theodore Roosevelt in 1912 to describe President Taft, who had previously labeled Roosevelt a honeyfugler.

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