- WIT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
wit, humor, irony, sarcasm, satire, repartee mean a mode of expression intended to arouse amusement wit suggests the power to evoke laughter by remarks showing verbal felicity or ingenuity and swift perception especially of the incongruous
- Wit - Wikipedia
Wit is a form of intelligent humour —the ability to say or write things that are clever and typically funny [1] Someone witty, also known as a wit, is a person skilled at wit, making spontaneous one-line or single-phrase jokes [1][2] Forms of wit include the quip, repartee, and wisecrack
- WIT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
WIT definition: 1 the ability to use words in a clever and humorous way: 2 a person who is skilled at using… Learn more
- WIT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Wit definition: the keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure See examples of WIT used in a sentence
- Wit - definition of wit by The Free Dictionary
1 the keen perception and clever expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure 2 a person having or noted for such perception and expression 3 witty speech or writing 4 understanding, intelligence, or sagacity; astuteness
- WIT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
If you describe someone as a wit, you mean that they have the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way Holmes was gregarious, a great wit, a man of wide interests
- wit - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
speech or writing showing such perception and expression a person having or noted for such perception and expression astuteness Usually, wits mental acuity, composure, and resourcefulness: using one's wits to get ahead senses: to lose one's wits at one's wit's end See end 1 (def 23)
- wit - definition and meaning - Wordnik
noun In more recent use wit in the singular generally implies comic wit; in that sense it is different from humor One principal difference is that wit always lies in some form of words, while humor may be expressed by manner, as a smile, a grimace, an attitude
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