witticism

[ wit-uh-siz-uhm ]
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noun
  1. a witty remark or sentence.

Origin of witticism

1
1645–55; derivative of witty, modeled on criticism

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witticism

/ (ˈwɪtɪˌsɪzəm) /


noun
  1. a clever or witty remark

Origin of witticism

1
C17: from witty; coined by Dryden (1677) by analogy with criticism

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