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nitwit
 
SYLLABICATION:nit·wit
PRONUNCIATION:  ntwt
NOUN: A stupid or silly person.
ETYMOLOGY:Probably obsolete nit, nothing (from German dialectal, from Middle High German niht, nit; see nix2) + wit1.
 
 
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