witticism
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əˌsɪz noun
a witty remark or sentence.
Synonyms
joke, jest, quip, sally, wisecrack.
joke, jest, quip, sally, wisecrack.
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| —n | |
| a clever or witty remark | |
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witticism
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example sentences
But it was his shrewd witticism he made while performing his tricks, that won him fame and fortune.
It is easy to guess the character of the witticism by the kind of reaction that wit exerts on the hearer.
He would dismiss a dangerous motion with a witticism so apt that the mover himself would join in the laugh, and give it up.
There the swells would sip martinis, intone the odd witticism or inanity and occasionally commit some headline indiscretion.
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