witticism
[wit-uh-siz-uhm]
noun
a witty remark or sentence.
Origin of witticism
Synonyms for witticism
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Historical Examples of witticism
This was apparently a witticism; at any rate, it elicited roars of laughter.
The Village Watch-Tower(AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
Aunt Agathe, always ready with a witticism, risked several jokes.
The FloodEmile Zola
Urbanity he practised, not with jest and witticism, but by the courtesy of his demeanour.
AgesilausXenophon
A grin of self-approval at his own witticism closed this speech.
The Fortunes Of GlencoreCharles James Lever
And deriving much comfort from this witticism, she went on her way.
witticism
noun
Word Origin for witticism
C17: from witty; coined by Dryden (1677) by analogy with criticism
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