单词 | wit-craft |
释义 | > as lemmaswit-craft wit-craft n. †(a) the art of using one's ‘wit’ or intellect in reasoning, logic; (b) exercise of one's wits. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [noun] invention?a1505 imagination1509 wit-craft1573 inventa1605 contrivance1659 creativity1659 inventibility1662 inventiveness1668 originality1742 creativeness1805 constructiveness1815 construction1826 imagineering1942 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical disputation or dialectics > [noun] dialectica1382 dialectical1528 dialect?1545 wit-craft1573 logic1601 dialectics1641 logism1656 dialecticism1840 1573 R. Lever (title) The arte of reason, rightly termed, Witcraft. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 146 He was no body that coulde not hammer out of his name an invention by this wit-craft. 1910 T. Hardy Dynasts (rev. ed.) i. i. iii. 25 A witcraft marked by nothing more of weight Than ignorant irregularity! < as lemmas |
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