dull-witted vs hebetate

dull-witted

adj
  • Having a dull, blunt wit or mind; unintelligent. 

hebetate

adj
  • Having a dull or blunt and soft point 

  • obtuse; dull 

verb
  • To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt. 

How often have the words dull-witted and hebetate occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )