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1. wit
noun. ['ˈwɪt'] a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- witan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- wite (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Wit
- transmit
- resubmit
- presplit
- recommit
- readmit
- clampitt
- submit
- mcnitt
- boblitt
- unfit
- splitt
- split
- savitt
- remit
- refit
- politte
- permit
- legit
- lafitte
- laffitte
- gillett
- douthitt
- douthit
- devitt
- davitt
- commit
- burditt
- befit
- admit
- acquit
Sentences with wit
1. Verb, 3rd person singular present
Prop it away from the surface wit a wooden dowel or pencil.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Using humor and wit as a means of social commentary has been used by writers for centuries.
Quotes about wit
1. Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
- Ambrose Bierce
2. Wit is the lowest form of humor.
- Alexander Pope
3. Wit is an explosion of the compound spirit.
- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
