nitwit

Etymology
First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from, dialectal form of , or , dialectal form of , although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology.

Noun

 * 1)  A scatterbrained or stupid person.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:fool

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Maori: poroheahea, hākawa
 * Polish:
 * Serbo-Croatian:, , ,