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hen-witted en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. 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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