Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beef-witted

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables: beef-wit-ted
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Derogatory; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The plague of Greece upon thee, thou mongrel beef-witted lord!"

Etymology

From beef + witted.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more beef-witted (comparative) most beef-witted (superlative)

Questions

What does beef-witted mean?: stupid; dull
Where does beef-witted come from?: From beef + witted.

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