eutrapelian.
Wit, repartee; liveliness; urbanity; = eutrapely n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > [noun]
agnomination1574
paronymy1627
adnomination1628
wit-rack1642
repartee1668
snip-snap1727
persiflage1757
quippery1785
cross-talk1887
eutrapelia1956
1956 Ess. & Stud. 9 65 The satire extends through sex, religion, politics: to the Statesman who is an ‘easy’ man (the overtones of that word are impossible to define; it is often something like eutrapelia).
1965 Battershaw & Quinn tr. Rahner (title) Man at play, or did you ever practise eutrapelia?
1965 Battershaw & Quinn tr. Rahner v. 95 The object of eutrapelia is play for the sake of seriousness.
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