witticism

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  1. noun A witty remark. See Synonyms at joke.

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  • The Warden wisely decided to treat this reply as a witticism, and as he was essentially a serious-minded man, the subject of conversation languished. —  When Last I Died - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 13: 1941
  • Hence the stunted spirit of our poets; hence the dwarf products of their imagination; hence the frivolous witticism, the heartless sentiment, crippled and ricketed by soups, ragouts and sweetmeats, which you find in fashionable balladmongers.' —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life of Friedrich Schiller, by Thomas Carlyle
  • He nearly fell into his pint at this witticism, his only joke. —  The Vatican Rip-Jonathan Gash- Lovejoy 05
  • Eastwood's approach to this taciturn killer, all growls, squints and swift draws on a cheroot that made him nauseous, now a tidy witticism: "Don't just do something, stand there!" —  Empire News
  • Do you ever lend him your gold watch This witticism was lost on me. —  My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life
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  1. Blend of witty and criticism.

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  1. from witty + -c-ism as in Atticism, Gallicism, etc.
 

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/ˈwɪtɪsɪzm/
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