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单词 witticaster
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witticastern.

/wɪtɪˈkastə/
Etymology: < wit n. or witty adj., after criticaster n.
A petty or inferior wit, a witling. Apparently an isolated use.First in Latham's Dict., 1872, where the following is quoted as from Milton on the authority of ‘Ord MS.’:—The mention of a nobleman seems quite sufficient to arouse the spleen of our witticaster.
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1872 in Latham Dict. Hence in later Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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