OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 21412

witticism

/ˈwɪ.tɪ.sɪz.əm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
argucia • donaire • donosura • gracieta • graciosidad • humorada • lindeza • ocurrencia • remoque • remoquete • vivez (desus.) • viveza • volada
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 t…
Shock of the witticism is a powerful one; while mere fun will have no power over them if it jar on their moral taste.
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