beef-witted

beef (English)

(archaic, countable, plural: beeves) A single bovine (cow or bull) being raised for its meat.. (by extension, slang, uncountable) Muscle or musculature; size, strength or potency.. (figurative, slang, uncountable) Essence, content; the important part of a document or project.. (in the meat industry, on, _, product packaging) The edible portions of a cow (including those which are not meat).. [...]

witted (English)

(chiefly, in combination) having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability).

beef-witted (English)

(obsolete) stupid; dull.