SLOW-WITTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slow-witted mean? 

• SLOW-WITTED (adjective)
  The adjective SLOW-WITTED has 1 sense:

1. retarded in intellectual development

  Familiarity information: SLOW-WITTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOW-WITTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Retarded in intellectual development

Synonyms:

backward; feebleminded; half-witted; slow-witted

Similar:

retarded (relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development)

Domain usage:

archaicism; archaism (the use of an archaic expression)

Derivation:

slow-wittedness (the quality of being mentally slow and limited)

 Context examples 

I am a slow-witted man, said John, and, in sooth, when I try to think about such matters it casts a gloom upon me.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But, dear me, how slow-witted I have been, and how nearly I have committed the blunder of my lifetime!

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He came out of a thicket and found himself face to face with the slow-witted bird.

(White Fang, by Jack London)