SODDEN-WITTED

PRONUNCIATION: (SOD-en-wit-id)

MEANING: adjective: Dull.

ETYMOLOGY: From Middle English soden (boiled), past participle of sethen (to boil) + wit (mental capacity). Earliest documented use: 1609, in Troilus and Cressida.
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SUDDEN-WITTED - abruptly became smart

SHODDEN-WITTED - comfortably funny, like an old shoe

SODDEN-WILTED - all wet and floppy