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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of dim + wit.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪmwɪt/
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dimwit (plural dimwits)
- (derogatory) A person who is deficient in intelligence.
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person who is deficient in intelligence
- Finnish: palikka (fi), luupää (fi), tonttu (fi), torvi (fi)
- French: abruti (fr) m, abrutie (fr) f, idiot (fr) m, idiote (fr) f sans-dessein (fr) (Québec)
- Galician: idiota m or f, parvo (gl) m, parva f
- German: Trottel (de) m, Schwachkopf (de) m, Halbidiot m, Halbidiotin f, Dummkopf (de) m, Blödmann (de) m, Dumpfbacke (de) f
- Icelandic: hálfviti (is) m
- Ingrian: durakka, vohma, hapalka, oolo, tuhkuri, tuhkapää, tuhkapussi, foofana, bolvana
- Japanese: ばか (ja) (baka), あほ (ja) (aho), 間抜け (ja) (manuke)
- Maori: wawau, hore
- Norwegian: tosk m, dust (no) m, (archaic) dumrian (no) m
- Plautdietsch: Eefelt m
- Portuguese: tolo (pt) m
- Romanian: tâmpit (ro) m, prost (ro) m, neghiob (ro) m, nătărău (ro) m
- Russian: болва́н (ru) m (bolván), полуду́рок (ru) m (poludúrok), тупи́ца (ru) m (tupíca)
- Spanish: tolo (es) m
- Swedish: pundhuvud (sv) n, dumskalle (sv) c, dumbom (sv) c
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