witling noun2 •A person who feigns wit, pretending or aspiring to be witty.I ne'r vvith VVits and VVitlings past my days, / To spread about the Itch of Verse and Praise, / Nor like a Puppy daggled thro' the Tovvn, / To fetch and carry Sing-song up and dovvn; […] — 1735 •(offensive) A person with very little wit."But the witlings of the bunch were those two swaggering there in the popular conception of western dress...." — 1942 formswitlings
