witling

English

Etymology

wit +‎ -ling

Noun

witling (plural witlings)

  1. A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.
  2. A person with very little wit.
    • 1942, Maurine Whipple, The Giant Joshua:
      "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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