nitwit
Senso (Inglese)
A scatterbrained or stupid person.
Concetti
sinonimi
smoking pipe
turkey
stupid person
addle-head
shlepper
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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈnɪtwɪt/
Etimologia (Inglese)
First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialectal form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ניט (nit), dialectal form of נישט (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) + wit.
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