mother wit

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Inborn intelligence; innate good sense. uncountable
    — Kate. Where did you study all this goodly speech? Petr. It is extempore, from my mother wit.
  2. A person with such intelligence. countable,obsolete
    — From iygging vaines of riming mother wits, And ſuch conceits as clownage keepes in pay, Weele lead you to the ſtately tent of War, Where you ſhall heare the Scythian Tamburlaine: Threatning the world with high aſtounding tearms And ſcourging kingdomes with his conquering ſword.

词形变化

mother wits plural mother-wit alternative
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