witléas

witléas
\witléas1 adj foolish, mad

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • witless — witlessly, adv. witlessness, n. /wit lis/, adj. lacking wit or intelligence; stupid; foolish. [bef. 1000; ME; OE witleas. See WIT1, LESS] * * * …   Universalium

  • witless — O.E. witleas; see WIT (Cf. wit) + LESS (Cf. less). Phrase scared witless attested from 1975 …   Etymology dictionary

  • witless — adj. 1 lacking wits; foolish, stupid. 2 crazy. Derivatives: witlessly adv. witlessness n. Etymology: OE witleas (as WIT(1), LESS) …   Useful english dictionary

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