witted, a.
(ˈwɪtɪd)
Forms: see wit n.; also 4 ywittede, wyttet, 7 erron. wittied, witti'd.
[f. wit n. + -ed2.]
1. Having wit or wits (of a specified quality or amount): with qualifying adv., as well-witted, etc. (obs.), or in parasynthetic comb. with an adj., as dull-witted, fine-witted, half-witted, gross-witted, light-witted, quick-witted, sharp-witted, slow-witted, etc.; also in nonce-formations after half-witted, as two-third-witted, whole-witted.
† Also (in form witti'd, influenced by witty a.) in comb. wealth-witti'd (? whose wits consist in wealth).
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. x. 397 Wyse witted men and wel ylettred clerkes. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) III. 409 Þe scharpest witted men. 1393 Langl. P. Pl. C. xii. 235 Ryght wel ywittede men and wel lettred clerkes. 1470–85 Malory Arthur vii. xxvi. 253 He was merueillously wytted. 1528 More Dyaloge iii. Wks. 213/2 Diuers yonge scolars..properly witted, feately lerned. 1532 ― Confut. Barnes viii. ibid. 749/2 Had he no learning at all, and wer witted but right meanely. 1610 Healey St. Aug. Citie of God v. xxvi. Vives 233 Claudian..was..elegantly wittied [1620 witted]. 1624 A. Holland in J. Davies (Heref.) Scourge Paper-Persecutors 3 Wealth witti'd Loobies. 1642 J. Eaton Honey-c. Free Justif. 44 Conceiving it after a carnall humane-witted fashion. 1835 C. F. Hoffman Winter in West II. 25 A forward, two-third witted fellow. 1904 A. C. Bradley Shakesp. Trag. 313 A quick-witted though not whole-witted lad. |
† 2. Possessed of understanding or intelligence.
| 1528 More Dyaloge ii. Wks. 201/1 Yet might a few witted men deuise and feine a thing of such a fashion that it would be beleued. 1606 Marston Fawne v. I iv, Renowmed, witted, Dulcimel. |