Haverel

Haverel is a noun that refers to a half-wit. Coming directly from Scottish, our word of the day is related to verb ‘haver’ which means ‘to hem and haw.’ Here’s an example of haverel in use: I was so confused by the instructions given to me that I must have come across like a haverel with all that fumbling and bumbling of my words.

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