Witling

Origin

wit + -ling

Full definition of witling

Noun

1. a person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty
2. a person with little wit
• 1942: Maurine Whipple, The Giant Joshua by - "But the witlings of the bunch were those two swaggering there in the popular conception of western dress...."
• 1955: Rex Stout, Immune to Murder - "...only a witling would call a man with my conceit a liar."

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