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hen-witted en · ADJ
Meanings
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Foolish; birdbrained.
"So the only reason I can think of for this burst of pique is that you're jealous." "Of you and that hen-witted tart with her rhinoceros-sized breasts?"
2008, Sabrina Jeffries, Let Sleeping Rogues Lie:It's a good offer, but I am not prepared to take a bullet for any hen-witted politician.
2007, Gaelen Foley, Her Secret Fantasy:Quite half of them were those hen-witted middle-aged women who have lately escaped from good Christian homes and are trying to be literary.
1956, George Orwell, Keep the aspidistra flying:
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