wits bavin-like in quick and short-lived blaze.
| 单词 | θ124257 |
| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > particular kinds of wit (7) bavin wits1598 wits bavin-like in quick and short-lived blaze. Attic salt1633 Having characteristics peculiarly Athenian; hence, of literary style, etc.: Marked by simple and refined elegance, pure, classical. Attic salt or Atti… water-wit1658 †(a) (perhaps) a person with only water for wits; a stupid person (obsolete); (b) rough wit of the type associated with the watermen of London; cf… Latin-wit1670 wit that depends for its quality on being expressed in Latin. sheer wit1672 a fashionable term for some particular form of humour. Obsolete. sea-wit1695 a naval jester or wit; also, nautical wit or facetiousness. razor wit1786 attributive. figurative. Designating or characterized by a quick or incisive wit or intellect. Frequently in razor wit. Cf. rapier, n. compounds 2. |
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