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noun
A person of middling intellect; someone who is neither particularly dull nor particularly smart, especially if they act as though they are smarter than they are.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory, mildly, neologism
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-? Proto-Indo-European *-dhe Proto-Indo-European *médhi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médhyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English wit English midwit From mid- + wit; likely coined in line with nitwit, halfwit, etc.
