a. Obs. Gifted with good wits.
c. 1450. Metham, Wks., 147. He that ys born that day schuld be trwe and wele-wyttyd.
1476. Paston Lett., III. 156. Thys man is … well wittyd, well manerd.
1529. Commons’ Petition, in Froude, Hist. Eng., I. 198. Such subtle interrogatories … as are able quickly to trap a simple unlearned, or yet a well-witted layman without learning.
1552. Huloet, Able to receyue, or well wytted, capax.
