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WITTICISM

\wˈɪtɪsˌɪzəm], \wˈɪtɪsˌɪzəm], \w_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of WITTICISM

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

A witty remark; a clever saying.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A witty or clever saying.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A witty remark; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; a low kind of wit.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

An expression or phrase in which ideas are so unexpectedly associated as to create amusement or pleasant surprise; a witty remark or saying; a phrase or sentence affectedly witty.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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