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witticism |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse. --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: witticism n : a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter [syn: {wit}, {humor}, {humour}, {wittiness}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: 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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