10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLOW-WITTED»
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slow-witted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
slow-witted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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More Radical Hermeneutics: On Not Knowing who We are
So Jesus did some hermeneutics for them: "And beginning with Moses and all
the prophets he interpreted (diermeneusen) to them the things about himself in
all the scriptures" (Luke 24:27). Jesus, of course, was trying to tell these slow-
witted ...
Scientia traces facts back to their first principles by argumentation. Now consider
this argurnent: 'All slow-witted people are subjects of the Queen of England; all
the British are slow-witted; so all the British are subjects of the Queen of England.
Herbert McCabe, Brian Davies, 2005
The key word here is mandamati, a compound made up of manda, 'slow', and
mati , 'mind', which describes a state of being slow-witted, foolish or thick-headed.
Although both Hill (Tulsldas [Hill] 1952:167) and Growse (Tulsldas [Growse] ...
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
Stupid can apply to a sluggish slow-witted lack of intelligence, typically
congenital or habitual, or it can apply to a usually more or less transitory
benumbed or dazed state of mind that is typically the result of drunkenness,
shock, or illness; ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
PA dabzazz yala dull, quiet or somber (color); dim (star) ZlVlir dabzaz dull, slow-
witted £-fl»/»l dabzazza = dabazaz; subdued (light), dim (light); blurred (print),
indistinct, nebulous (idea); fool, simpleton (B) £"*flHf dabzaza being slow-witted ...
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The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
... empty-headed; fatuous; fat-witted; harebrained; hebetudinous; ignorant;
imbecilic; incogitant; insensate; ludicrous; mindless; moronic; muddled; nescient;
obtuse; oxlike; phlegmatic; slow-witted; sluggish; stupid; torpid; unaware;
unintelligent; ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
Ruth, a young woman living in a rural Illinois town, looks back on the people who have shaped her life, including her runaway father, shrewish mother, and crazy husband
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Creating Characters: A Writer's Reference to the Personality ...
SLOW-WITTED. Related Traits: Asinine, blockheaded, blockish, brainless, dopey,
doltish, dull, dull- witted, dumb, empty-headed, feeble-minded, foolish, half-witted
, imbecilic, lowbrow, lumpish, mindless, moronic, nonintellectual, obtuse, ...
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Concise English-Scots Dictionary
... latchin NE; (dilatory) latchie NE; (reluctant) dour, dreich; (lazy) doxie NE; (
sluggish) snifflin NE; (mentally or physically) dawlie. slowly huilie, heelie NE.
move slowly widdle. slow-witted see also sluggish, stupid; timmer, donnert, fozie,
dauk, ...
Iseabail Macleod, Pauline Cairns, 1999
... fun-loving (in reality, everyone loves Shirazis), Turkmen as vengeful, Kurds as
hot blooded and the Loris of Lorestan as congenitally untrustworthy. In common
jokes Azaris are supposedly slow-witted yet cash-canny with Tabrizis surly and ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLOW-WITTED»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
slow-witted is used in the context of the following news items.
Perfect Mike: Fast casual is for the slow-witted
The paradoxical and parodic Perfect Mike Hosking weighs in on the eating habits of a nation that is embracing the fast-casual phenomenon – and he's not a fan. «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
Josh Miner Says He Was 'Too Slow-Witted' To Be Charles Manson …
... they're looking at me like I'm a Charles Manson type,” he said. “And how the f--- can I be that if I'm more slow-witted than half these mother-----s around here.” ... «Patch.com, May 15»
The Forger: Starring Travolta, story of bribery and lies isn't fooling …
Can Ray, a blue-collar thug, forge a Monet to pay his debt, evade slow-witted cops and fulfill his son's bucket list? Murky both in look and plot, The Forger isn't ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»
Make the Leftist Media the 2016 Issue
Democrat “leaders” like Obama, Hillary, Pelosi, and Reid are slow-witted, mean-spirited, and narrow-minded sock puppets filled by the chubby hands of the ... «American Thinker, Apr 15»
Dustin Johnson proves talent again, but does he have mental game …
... manner, a handful of PGA Tour caddies once dubbed him “Simple Jack”, a derisive reference to a slow-witted character in the movie comedy Tropic Thunder. «The National, Mar 15»
The legend of Angela Lansbury shines in Blithe Spirit
The actresses in Blakemore's production are particularly strong, however: Susan Louise O'Connor almost steals the show as the slow-witted servant, Edith; her ... «The Globe and Mail, Feb 15»
The Happy Infamy of Virgil Thomson
Shostakovich's “Leningrad” Symphony, a potent symbol of the Allied struggle against the Nazis, “seems to have been written for the slow-witted, the not very ... «The New Yorker, Dec 14»
John Cervone: Halfwits create an American nightmare
Only the results of a failed educational system could have produced the semi-conscious, slow-witted and obese population that is wandering around America. «The Providence Journal, Sep 14»
Emmys 2014: Nomination snubs and surprises
... probably the biggest surprise of the morning, Ricky Gervais was recognized for his role as a slow-witted nursing home employee in the Netflix comedy “Derek. «Los Angeles Times, Jul 14»
Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson at world's end in 'The Rover'
Guy Pearce (left) demands answers about his stolen car from a slow-witted gunman played by Robert Pattinson in the Australian post-apocalyptic thriller “The ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jun 14»
