To deprive of wit or intelligence; to make someone lose their mental faculties or common sense.
From dis- (deprivation) + wit (from Old English wit, meaning knowledge, intelligence, or mental sharpness). The prefix indicates loss or removal.
Shakespeare's contemporaries might have used 'diswitted' to describe someone acting foolishly—it's like saying someone has been stripped of their mental capacity. The word captures a personality change vividly in just one term.
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