Witling definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary WITLING, n. [dim. From with.] A person who has little wit ... understanding; a pretender to wit or smartness. A beau and witling perishd in the throng. Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1693 ... himself or herself as a wit. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Witling Wit"ling, n. [Wit + -ling; cf. G. witzling.] A person ...