WITLING DEFINITIONS - 8 definitions found
Websters 1828 Dictionary 
Witling WITLING, n. [dim. From with.] A person who has little wit or
understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness.
A beau and witling
perishd in the throng.
Anagrams
witling
wilting
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003)
witling noun
Date: 1693 1. a would-be wit 2. a person of little wit
Oxford English Reference Dictionary
witling
n. archaic usu. derog. a person who fancies himself or herself as a wit.
English Explanatory Dictionary
witling
ˈwɪtlɪŋ n. archaic usu. derog. a person who fancies himself or
herself as a wit.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Witling \Wit"ling\, n. [Wit + -ling; cf. G. witzling.]
A person who has little wit or understanding; a pretender to
wit or smartness.
A beau and witing perished in the forming. --Pope.
Ye newspaper witlings! ye pert scribbling folks!
--Goldsmith.
Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms
witling
n.
Wiseacre, Gothamite, blunderer, pretender to wisdom, man of small wit. See dunce.
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "witling":
Boeotian, Gothamite, banana, block, burlesquer, caricaturist, clod,
clown, comedian, comic, cutup, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dullard,
dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, epigrammatist, funnyman,
gag writer, gagman, gagster, gowk, humorist, ironist, jester,
jobbernowl, joker, jokesmith, jokester, lackwit, lamebrain,
lampooner, lightweight, looby, loon, madcap, niais, nincompoop,
ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, parodist, prankster, punner,
punster, put, quipster, reparteeist, satirist, smart ass, stupid,
thickwit, wag, wagwit, wise fool, wise guy, wiseacre, wisecracker,
wisehead, wiseling, wisenheimer, wit, zany
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