slowwitted
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slow-witted — (Roget s Thesaurus II) or slowwitted adjective Having only a limited ability to learn and understand: backward, dull, simple, simple minded, slow. Informal: soft. Offensive: feebleminded, half witted, retarded, weak minded. See ABILITY … English dictionary for students
detective fiction — Spain had no significant indigenous tradition of detective fiction until the 1970s. Though stories of crime were popular in the nineteenth century, these usually appealed to sensationalism, and lacked the key elements of the detective novel.… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
backward — 1. very stupid Educational jargon which indicates more than doing poorly in a class of normal children. Lay people use backward of adults who are slowwitted or illiterate. 2. poor or uncivilized It is used of sovereign states. The… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
doll — 1. a sexually attractive female Dr Johnson reminds us that Doll was a contraction of Dorothy as well as being A little girl s puppet or baby . A female so described may be beautiful though slowwitted, but a real doll implies beauty and… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
