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witticism

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈwɪ.tɪ.sɪz.əm/Part of speech nounSorted ciiimsttwStarts with WEnds with M0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Word origin

From witty + -icism; coined in the 1670s by John Dryden, by analogy to criticism.

Used in a sentence

  • Shock of the witticism is a powerful one; while mere fun will have no power over them if it jar on their moral taste.
  • While the occasional wry witticism seeps through, overall Shipler is painfully conscientious about trying to offer both sides of any debate.

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