quipperyn.
/ˈkwɪp(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈkwɪp(ə)ri/ The making of quips; quips collectively.
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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
1785 Probationary Odes for Laureatship 45 Teach him to..disregard all quippery, As crapes and blonds, and such like frippery.
1893 Funny Folks 25 Nov. 341 It was a gratuitous piece of quippery, and Spooney determined he should pay for it. ‘I suppose you mean that for a joke,’ said he,..‘but I can't quite see where the laugh comes in.’
1960 Guardian 22 July 10/6 This is campaign quippery, and we shall have a bellyful of it before the winter.
1997 Total Film Sept. 4/1 The loud energy of Con Air and the relentless quippery of Men in Black aren't sufficient returns for the many millions of dollars each of these cost to make.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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