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wit
wit 1 W0189800 (wĭt) n. 1. a. The natural ability to perceive and understand; intelligence. b. often wits Practical intelligence; shrewdness or resourcefulness: living by one's wits. c. wits Sound mental faculties; sanity: scared out of my wits. d. Archaic A person of exceptional intelligence. 2. a. The ability to express oneself intelligently in a playful or humorous manner, often in overturning audience expectations: a writer with a scintillating wit. b. A person noted for this ability, especially in conversation: "My mother, the family wit and teaser, knew better than to joke about the disaster" (Donald Hall). c. Intelligent playfulness or humor in expression, as in speech, writing, or art: novels known for their wit and inventiveness. Idioms: at (one's) wits' end At the limit of one's mental resources; utterly at a loss. have (or keep) (one's) wits about (one)To remain alert or calm, especially in a crisis.
[Middle English, from Old English; see weid- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
wit 2 W0189800 (wĭt)v. wist (wĭst), wit·ting (wĭt′ĭng), first and third person singular present tense wot (wŏt) Archaic v.tr. To be or become aware of; learn.v.intr. To know.Idiom: to wit That is to say; namely.
[Middle English, from Old English witan; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]wit (wɪt) n1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the talent or quality of using unexpected associations between contrasting or disparate words or ideas to make a clever humorous effect2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) speech or writing showing this quality3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a person possessing, showing, or noted for such an ability, esp in repartee4. practical intelligence (esp in the phrase have the wit to)5. dialect Scot and Northern English information or knowledge (esp in the phrase get wit of)6. archaic mental capacity or a person possessing it7. obsolete the mind or memory[Old English witt; related to Old Saxon giwitt, Old High German wizzi (German Witz), Old Norse vit, Gothic witi. See wit2]
wit (wɪt) vbarchaic to be or become aware of (something)adv (Law) to wit that is to say; namely (used to introduce statements, as in legal documents)[Old English witan; related to Old High German wizzan (German wissen), Old Norse vita, Latin vidēre to see]wit1 (wɪt)
n. 1. the keen perception and clever expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. 2. a person having or noted for such perception and expression. 3. witty speech or writing. 4. understanding, intelligence, or sagacity; astuteness. 5. Usu., wits. a. shrewdness; resourcefulness; ingenuity: to live by one's wits. b. mental faculties; senses: to have one's wits about one. Idioms: at one's wit's or wits' end, drained of all ideas or mental resources; utterly confused or frustrated. [before 900; Middle English, Old English: mind, thought, c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon wit, Old High German wizzi] syn: See humor. wit2 (wɪt)
v.t., v.i. past and past part. wist; pres. part. wit•ting. Archaic. to know. Idioms: to wit, that is to say; namely: an overwhelming victory, to wit, a landslide. [before 900; Middle English; Old English witan, c. Old Saxon, Gothic witan, Old High German wizzan, Old Norse vita; akin to Latin vidēre, Greek ideîn to see, Skt vidati (he) knows] Wit See Also: CLEVERNESS, HUMOR, WISDOM - As much wit as three folks, two fools and a madman —Thomas Fuller
- One wit, like a knuckle of ham in soup, gives a zest and flavor to the dish, but more than one serves only to spoil the pottage —Tobias Smollett
- Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own —Jonathan Swift
- Sharp wits, like sharp knives, do often cut their owner’s fingers —Aaron Arrowsmith
- Wit and wisdom are like the seven stars, seldom seen together —Thomas Fuller
- Wit is as infinite as love —Agnes Repplier
Repplier built on her simile with “And a deal more lasting in its qualities.” - Wit … like a quick-flashing blade —Henry James
- Wit … like champagne, not only sparkles, but is sweet —Benjamin Disraeli
- Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down as soon as it’s wanted —Douglas Jerrold
- Wit must grow like fingers —John Selden
- Wit … penetrates through the coldness and awkwardness of society, gradually bringing men nearer together, and, like the combined force of wine and oil, giving every man a glad heart and a shining countenance —Sydney Smith
- Wit, without learning, is like a tree which bears no fruit —Aristippus
- Wit, without wisdom, is like a song without sense; it does not please long —Josh Billings
wit
Past participle: wist
Gerund: witting
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| I wit | | you wit | | he/she/it wot | | we wit | | you wit | | they wit |
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| I wist | | you wist | | he/she/it wist | | we wist | | you wist | | they wist |
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| I am witting | | you are witting | | he/she/it is witting | | we are witting | | you are witting | | they are witting |
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| I have wist | | you have wist | | he/she/it has wist | | we have wist | | you have wist | | they have wist |
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| I was witting | | you were witting | | he/she/it was witting | | we were witting | | you were witting | | they were witting |
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| I had wist | | you had wist | | he/she/it had wist | | we had wist | | you had wist | | they had wist |
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| I will wit | | you will wit | | he/she/it will wit | | we will wit | | you will wit | | they will wit |
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| I will have wist | | you will have wist | | he/she/it will have wist | | we will have wist | | you will have wist | | they will have wist |
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| I will be witting | | you will be witting | | he/she/it will be witting | | we will be witting | | you will be witting | | they will be witting |
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| I have been witting | | you have been witting | | he/she/it has been witting | | we have been witting | | you have been witting | | they have been witting |
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| I will have been witting | | you will have been witting | | he/she/it will have been witting | | we will have been witting | | you will have been witting | | they will have been witting |
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| I had been witting | | you had been witting | | he/she/it had been witting | | we had been witting | | you had been witting | | they had been witting |
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| I would wit | | you would wit | | he/she/it would wit | | we would wit | | you would wit | | they would wit |
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| I would have wist | | you would have wist | | he/she/it would have wist | | we would have wist | | you would have wist | | they would have wist |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  wit - a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughterhumor, witticism, wittiness, humoursubject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is aboutjeu d'esprit - a witty comment or writingbon mot, mot - a clever remarkesprit de l'escalier - a witty remark that occurs to you too latepungency, bite - wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire"caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satire - witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swiftrepartee - adroitness and cleverness in replygag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"caricature, impersonation, imitation - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effectcartoon, sketch - a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazinefun, sport, play - verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport"ribaldry - ribald humortopper - an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone beforelibation - (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverageroaster - a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment); "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got" | | 2. |  wit - mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, brainintelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience | | 3. |  wit - a witty amusing person who makes jokeswag, cardcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechhumorist, humourist - someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way |
witnoun1. humour, fun, quips, banter, puns, pleasantry, repartee, wordplay, levity, witticisms, badinage, jocularity, facetiousness, drollery, raillery, waggishness, wittiness Bill was known for his biting wit.
humour gravity, seriousness, sobriety, solemnity, dullness, humourlessness2. humorist, card (informal), comedian, wag, joker, dag (N.Z. informal), punster, farceur (French), epigrammatist a man who fancied himself as a great wit3. (often plural) cleverness, mind, reason, understanding, sense, brains, smarts (slang, chiefly U.S.), judgment, perception, wisdom, insight, common sense, intellect, comprehension, ingenuity, acumen, nous (Brit. slang), discernment, practical intelligence The information is there for anyone with the wit to use it.
cleverness ignorance, folly, stupidity, foolishness, silliness, obtuseness, lack of perceptionat your wits' end in despair, lost, stuck (informal), stumped, baffled, bewildered, at a loss, at the end of your tether I just can't think what to do - I'm at my wits' end.Quotations
"True wit is nature to advantage dress'd,"
"What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed" [Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism]
"Brevity is the soul of wit" [William Shakespeare Hamlet]
"Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit" [Christian N. Bovee]
"Wit is the epitaph of an emotion" [Friedrich Nietzsche Menschliches, Allzumenschliches]witnoun1. The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and applying knowledge:brain (often used in plural), brainpower, intellect, intelligence, mentality, mind, sense, understanding.Slang: smart (used in plural).2. Skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judging:acumen, astuteness, clear-sightedness, discernment, discrimination, eye, keenness, nose, penetration, perceptiveness, percipience, percipiency, perspicacity, sagacity, sageness, shrewdness.3. A healthy mental state.Used in plural:lucidity, lucidness, mind, reason, saneness, sanity, sense (often used in plural), soundness.Slang: marble (used in plural).4. The quality of being laughable or comical:comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludicrousness, ridiculousness, wittiness, zaniness.5. A person whose words or actions provoke or are intended to provoke amusement or laughter:clown, comedian, comic, farceur, funnyman, humorist, jester, joker, jokester, quipster, wag, zany.Informal: card.Translationswit (wit) noun1. humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way. His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit. 風趣 幽默妙语2. a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc. He's a great wit. 風趣的人 富于幽默感的人3. common sense, inventiveness etc. He did not have the wit to defend himself. 常識，應變能力 常识，应变能力 ˈwitless adjective crazy, stupid etc. 愚蠢的 愚蠢的-witted having understanding or intelligence of a certain kind. quick-/sharp-witted. (構成形容詞)有...智力的（如:機敏的） .（常用以构成复合词）智力 ... 的，头脑 ... 的 ˈwitticism (-sizəm) noun a witty remark etc. 風趣的話，妙語 打趣话，妙语 ˈwitty adjective clever and amusing. a witty person; witty remarks. 機智風趣的 诙谐的ˈwittily adverb 機智風趣地 机智地，机敏地 ˈwittiness noun 機智風趣 机敏at one's wits' end utterly confused and desperate. 江郎才盡，不知所措 智穷计尽，无计可施 keep one's wits about one to be cautious, alert and watchful. 保持警覺 保持警觉live by one's wits to live by cunning rather than by hard work. 靠耍手段過日子 靠耍手腕过日子(frighten/scare) out of one's wits (to frighten) (almost) to the point of madness. The sight of the gun in his hand scared me out of my wits. 讓人(幾乎)嚇破膽 把某人吓得魂不附体wit
See:- a battle of wits
- an ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
- at (one's) wits' end
- at one's wit's end
- at one's wits' end, to be
- at wit's end
- at wits' end
- at your wits' end
- Attic wit
- be at (one's) wits' end
- be at your wits' end
- be frightened out of (one's) wits
- be frightened out of your wits
- Brevity is the soul of wit
- by (one's) wits
- by one's wits
- collect (one's) wits
- collect your wits
- collect/gather your wits
- dimwit
- drive (one) out of (one's) mind
- drive (one) out of (one's) wits
- drive somebody out of their mind/wits
- frighten (one) out of (one's) wits
- frighten one out of wits
- frighten the hell out of
- frighten/scare somebody out of their wits
- gather (one's) wits
- gather your wits
- get (one's) wits about (one)
- get in Dutch (with someone)
- get wits about one
- half-wit
- have (one's) wits about (one)
- have one's wits about one
- have one's wits about one, to
- have your wits about you
- have/keep your wits about you
- keep (one's) wits about (one)
- keep wits about
- live by one's wits
- live by wits
- live by your wits
- live by/on (one's) wits
- live by/on your wits
- match wits
- match wits (with one)
- ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
- pit (one's) wits against (someone or something)
- pit your wits
- pit your wits against
- pit your wits against someone
- sarcasm is the lowest form of wit
- scare (one) out of (one's) wits
- scare out of one's wits
- scare someone out of their wits
- sharp wit
- staircase wit
- to wit
- wit's end
- You scared the hell out of me
wit
wit1. the talent or quality of using unexpected associations between contrasting or disparate words or ideas to make a clever humorous effect 2. speech or writing showing this quality 3. a person possessing, showing, or noted for such an ability, esp in repartee Wit
TO WIT. That is to say; namely; scilicet; (q.v.) videlicet. (q.v.) TO WIT. To know, that is to say, namely. See Scilicet. WIT
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Synonyms for witnoun humourSynonyms- humour
- fun
- quips
- banter
- puns
- pleasantry
- repartee
- wordplay
- levity
- witticisms
- badinage
- jocularity
- facetiousness
- drollery
- raillery
- waggishness
- wittiness
Antonyms- gravity
- seriousness
- sobriety
- solemnity
- dullness
- humourlessness
noun humoristSynonyms- humorist
- card
- comedian
- wag
- joker
- dag
- punster
- farceur
- epigrammatist
noun clevernessSynonyms- cleverness
- mind
- reason
- understanding
- sense
- brains
- smarts
- judgment
- perception
- wisdom
- insight
- common sense
- intellect
- comprehension
- ingenuity
- acumen
- nous
- discernment
- practical intelligence
Antonyms- ignorance
- folly
- stupidity
- foolishness
- silliness
- obtuseness
- lack of perception
phrase at your wits' endSynonyms- in despair
- lost
- stuck
- stumped
- baffled
- bewildered
- at a loss
- at the end of your tether
Synonyms for witnoun the faculty of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and applying knowledgeSynonyms- brain
- brainpower
- intellect
- intelligence
- mentality
- mind
- sense
- understanding
- smart
noun skill in perceiving, discriminating, or judgingSynonyms- acumen
- astuteness
- clear-sightedness
- discernment
- discrimination
- eye
- keenness
- nose
- penetration
- perceptiveness
- percipience
- percipiency
- perspicacity
- sagacity
- sageness
- shrewdness
noun a healthy mental stateSynonyms- lucidity
- lucidness
- mind
- reason
- saneness
- sanity
- sense
- soundness
- marble
noun the quality of being laughable or comicalSynonyms- comedy
- comicality
- comicalness
- drollery
- drollness
- farcicality
- funniness
- humor
- humorousness
- jocoseness
- jocosity
- jocularity
- ludicrousness
- ridiculousness
- wittiness
- zaniness
noun a person whose words or actions provoke or are intended to provoke amusement or laughterSynonyms- clown
- comedian
- comic
- farceur
- funnyman
- humorist
- jester
- joker
- jokester
- quipster
- wag
- zany
- card
Synonyms for witnoun a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughterSynonyms- humor
- witticism
- wittiness
- humour
Related Words- subject matter
- content
- message
- substance
- jeu d'esprit
- bon mot
- mot
- esprit de l'escalier
- pungency
- bite
- caustic remark
- irony
- sarcasm
- satire
- repartee
- gag
- jape
- jest
- joke
- laugh
- caricature
- impersonation
- imitation
- cartoon
- sketch
- fun
- sport
- play
- ribaldry
- topper
- libation
- roaster
noun mental abilitySynonyms- brainpower
- learning ability
- mental capacity
- mentality
- brain
Related Wordsnoun a witty amusing person who makes jokesSynonymsRelated Words- colloquialism
- humorist
- humourist
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