Definitions of WIT [ɪt]

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Definition of 'WIT'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) wit
the keen perception and clever expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure.

2.  wit
a person having or noted for such perception and expression.

3.  wit
witty speech or writing.

4.  wit
understanding, intelligence, or sagacity; astuteness.

5.  wit
Usu., wits.

6.  wit
shrewdness; resourcefulness; ingenuity:
to live by one's wits.

7.  wit
mental faculties; senses:
to have one's wits about one.

8.  wit
at one's wit's or wits' end, drained of all ideas or mental resources; utterly confused or frustrated.

9. (past and past part.) wit
Archaic. to know.

10.  wit
to wit, that is to say; namely:
an overwhelming victory, to wit, a landslide.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE witan, c. OS, Go witan, OHG wizzan, ON vita; akin to L vidēre, Gk ideîn to see, Skt vidati (he) knows)

Definition of 'WIT'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

2. (noun) brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
mental ability
"he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

3. (noun) wag, wit, card
a witty amusing person who makes jokes

Definition of 'WIT'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) wit
intelligent humor
a man who was famous for his wit

Definition of 'WIT'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) WIT
to know; to learn

2.  WIT
of Wit

3.  WIT
mind; intellect; understanding; sense

4.  WIT
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

5.  WIT
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

6.  WIT
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

Definitions of 'WIT'

The Roycroft Dictionary

WIT
The thing that fractures many a friendship.

Translation of 'WIT'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.
Afrikaans: humor	Arabic: مِزاج مَرِح، خِفَّة دَم	Bulgarian: духовитост
Brazilian: graça	Czech: humor, vtipnost	German: der Witz
Danish: vid	Greek: πνεύμα, χιούμορ	Spanish: agudeza, ingenio, chispa,
Estonian: vaimukus	Farsi: لطافت طبع	Finnish: nokkeluus
French: esprit	Hebrew: שְׁנִינוּת	Hindi: हाजिर-जवाबी
Croatian: humor, duhovitost	Hungarian: szellemesség	Indonesian: humor
Icelandic: fyndni, hnyttni	Italian: spirito	Japanese: 機知
Korean: 유머, 위트	Lithuanian: sąmojis	Latvian: humors; asprātība
Malay: bersemangat; bijak dan lu	Dutch: spitsheid	Norwegian: vidd, vittighet,åndfullhe
Polish: dowcip	Persian: لطافت طبع	Pashto: معمولا دجمعې صيغه) پوهه،
Portuguese: graça	Romanian: spirit	Russian: остроумие
Slovak: humor, vtipnosť, duchapln	Slovenian: duhovitost	Serbian: duhovitost
Swedish: slagfärdighet	Thai: แสดงความตลกขบขัน	Turkish: nükte, espri
Taiwanese: 風趣	Ukrainian: дотепність	Urdu: ظرافت
Vietnamese: sự hóm hỉnh	Chinese: 幽默妙语
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