blunt-witted

English

Etymology

From blunt +‎ witted. Compare Middle English blunt of wytte.

Adjective

blunt-witted (comparative more blunt-witted, superlative most blunt-witted)

1. dull; stupid
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Blunt-witted lord, ignoble in demeanour!