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witsome

witsome adjective: possessing wit; witty.

Adjective

witsome (comparative more witsome, superlative most witsome)

  1. Possessing wit; witty.
    • The simple-minded Yonos seemed never to have learned that there was danger in delays, and therefore, not suspecting his purpose, they listened with patience to one pretext and another brought forward either by, or on behalf of, the witsome Manuelo, for the postponement of his marriage with the...1888, California Three Hundred and Fifty Years Ago
    • […] a devoted doctor Mr Brettoneau, a certain the Honourable Martin Hawke who, it appears, filled his daily hours with sword-fencing and lessons in duelling, and a witsome Irishman called Mr Hume who led the Lieutenant-Colonel in numerous forays through Amboise Forest with loaded muskets in search...1978, Michael Hastings, Sir Richard Burton: A Biography, page 22

Forms of witsome

comparativemore witsome
superlativemost witsome

Origin of witsome

From wit + -some.

Questions about witsome

What does witsome mean?
Witsome means possessing wit; witty.
What part of speech is witsome?
Witsome is an adjective.

Words near witsome in the dictionary

  1. Witotoan
  2. wits
  3. wits' end
  4. wits' ends
  5. witsec
  6. witsome
  7. Witsuwit'en
  8. Witsuwit'en-Nedut'en
  9. Witsuwitʼen
  10. Witt
  11. Witt group

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