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Half-wits
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half-wit
1678, originally "a would-be wit whose abilities are mediocre;" sense of "simpleton" (one lacking all his wits) is first attested 1755.
EXPAND"Half-wits are fleas; so little and so light,
We scarce could know they live, but that they bite."
[Dryden, "All for Love"]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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