wit-essn.
A female wit.Apparently an isolated use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > witty person > female
wit-ess1781
1781 H. More in Mem. (1835) I. 206 All the pride of London,—every wit, and every wit-ess.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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