Wit

[wɪt]

Definition

(noun.) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.

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Definition

(inf.) of Wit

(t) ing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wit

(n.) To know; to learn.

(v.) Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.

(v.) A mental faculty, or power of the mind; -- used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.

(v.) Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.

(v.) A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.

Typist: Rex

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Intellect, understanding, mind, sense, reason, genius, mental power, intellectual faculties, thinking principle.[2]. Quick perception (as of partial resemblance in things mostly unlike), keen discernment.[3]. Facetiousness, humor, fun, drollery, waggery, waggishness, jocularity, ATTIC SALT.[3]. Humorist, wag.

Editor: Vito

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Mind, intellect, sense, reason, understanding, humor, ingenuity, imagination

ANT:Mindlessness, senselessness, irrationality, dulness, stolidity, stupidity,inanity, doltishness, wash, vapidity, platitude, commonplace

Typed by Helga

Definition

n. a person of understanding or judgment esp. a person who has a keen perception of the ludicrous and can express it neatly.

n. understanding: a mental faculty (chiefly in pl.): the power of combining ideas with a ludicrous effect the result of this power: ingenuity: (rare) imagination: (obs.) information.—adj. Wit′less wanting wit or understanding: thoughtless.—adv. Wit′lessly.—ns. Wit′lessness; Wit′ling one who has little wit: a pretender to wit; Wit′-mong′er a poor would-be wit; Wit′-snap′per (Shak.) one who affects wit or repartee.—adj. Wit′ted having wit or understanding.—n. Witticism (wit′i-sizm) a witty remark: a sentence or phrase affectedly witty.—adv. Wit′tily.—n. Wit′tiness.—adv. Wit′tingly knowingly: by design.—adj. Wit′ty possessed of wit: amusing: droll: sarcastic: (B.) ingenious: (Shak.) wise discreet.—v.i. Wit′wanton to indulge in irreverent wit.—At one's wits' end utterly perplexed; Live by one's wits to live in a haphazard manner by any shift; The five wits the five senses.

v.i. to know:—pr.t. 1st pers. sing. Wot; 2d Wost (erroneously Wot′test); 3d Wot (erroneously Wot′teth):—pl. 1st 2d 3d Wot; pa.t. Wist (erroneously Wot′ted); pr.p. Wit′ting Weet′ing (erroneously Wot′ting); pa.p. Wist.—To do to wit to cause to know; To wit that is to say—the A.S. gerund t?witanne.

Editor: Myra

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.

Typist: Lolita

Examples

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