Definitions
Quick intelligence expressed with clever humour.
Word origin
From Middle English wit, witt, wyt, from Old English witt (“mind, sanity, sense, understanding”), from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge; reason; wit”), from Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”), from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (“to know”), from *weyd- (“to see”).
Used in a sentence
“He's gone completely out of his wits.”
“Keep your wits about you.”
“Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Quick mind”3 letters
02“Clever humor”3 letters
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