witticism
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witticism
- /ˈwɪ.tɪ.sɪz.əm/ UK, US
Where it comes from
From witty + -icism; coined in the 1670s by John Dryden, by analogy to criticism.
noun witticisms
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a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger.
"Take any shape but that!" is what I always feel tempted to exclaim when dulness attempts a joke; striving to pervert some poor innocent and ill-used word from its lawful meaning till it ceases to have any at all—worrying some unfortunate idea till, like the hunted hare, it is worried to death—deali
Similar: repartee. See also Thesaurus:joke
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noun witty remark
| Español | lindeza, humorada, ocurrencia, argucia, donaire, volada |
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| 中文 | 妙語 /妙语 miàoyǔ, 雋語 /隽语 juànyǔ, 俏皮話 /俏皮话 qiàopíhuà, 諧語 /谐语 xiéyǔ |
| Français | mot d'esprit, trait d'esprit |
| Deutsch | (guter) Spruch, geflügeltes Wort, Bonmot, witzige Bemerkung, geistreiche Bemerkung |
| Italiano | freddura, battuta, frizzo, spiritosità, spiritosaggine, arguzia |
| Русский | остро́та ostróta |
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