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witticism
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witticism
(encz) | witticism,duchaplnost n: PetrV |
Witticism
(gcide) | Witticism \Wit"ti*cism\, n. [From Witty.]
A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly
witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. --Milton.
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He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and
witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic
verse. --Addison.
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witticism
(wn) | witticism
n 1: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity
has the power to evoke laughter [syn: wit, humor,
humour, witticism, wittiness] |
witticism
(devil) | WITTICISM, n. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted, and seldom
noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a "joke."
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Witticism
(gcide) | Witticism \Wit"ti*cism\, n. [From Witty.]
A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly
witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and
witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic
verse. --Addison.
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