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 Definitions of witticism  [ˈwɪt əˌsɪz əm]  

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Definition of 'witticism' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) witticism
a witty remark or sentence; jest; quip.

Etymology:  (1645–55; der. of witty , modeled on criticism)

Definition of 'witticism' 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


Definition of 'witticism' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) witticism
a witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit


Translation of 'witticism' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a witty remark etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: kwinkslag Arabic flag Arabic: مُلْحَه، لَطيفَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: духовита забележка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: graça / piada Czech flag Czech: duchaplnost German flag German: witzige Bemerkung
Danish flag Danish: vittighed Greek flag Greek: ευφυολόγημα, έξυπνη παρατ Spanish flag Spanish: ocurrencia, agudeza, sali
Estonian flag Estonian: teravmeelsus Farsi flag Farsi: عاقل Finnish flag Finnish: sukkeluus
French flag French: mot d'esprit Hebrew flag Hebrew: הֶעָרָה שְׁנוּנָה Hindi flag Hindi: मजेदार
Croatian flag Croatian: duhovita opaska Hungarian flag Hungarian: szellemes megjegyzés Indonesian flag Indonesian: komentar lucu
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fyndni, hnyttni Italian flag Italian: arguzia Japanese flag Japanese: しゃれ
Korean flag Korean: 경구, 명언 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sąmojinga pastaba, sąmoji Latvian flag Latvian: asprātība
Malay flag Malay: kata-kata yang penuh keje Dutch flag Dutch: gevatte opmerking Norwegian flag Norwegian: vittighet,åndfullhet
Polish flag Polish: dowcipne powiedzenie Persian flag Persian: عاقل Pashto flag Pashto: مسخره، ټوكه، ټكاله، لطيفه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: chiste Romanian flag Romanian: vorbă de duh Russian flag Russian: остроумное замечание
Slovak flag Slovak: duchaplnosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: duhovita opazka Serbian flag Serbian: dosetka
Swedish flag Swedish: kvickhet Thai flag Thai: คำคม Turkish flag Turkish: şaka, espri, nükte
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 風趣的話,妙語 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дотеп Urdu flag Urdu: بذلہ سنجی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhận xét dí dỏm Chinese flag Chinese: 打趣话,妙语

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