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witticise

witticise verb: to express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms.

Verb

witticise (third-person singular simple present witticises, present participle witticising, simple past and past participle witticised)

  1. (ambitransitive) To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms.
    • Here she entertained a learned and decadent group of dissenters who gathered to discuss politics, flirt and witticize.2007, Andrea Stuart, The Rose of Martinique

Forms of witticise

third-person singular presentwitticises
present participlewitticising
past participlewitticised
pastwitticised
alternative formwitticize

Origin of witticise

Back formation from witticism, modelled after the analogy of criticise from criticism.

Questions about witticise

What does witticise mean?
Witticise means to express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms.
What part of speech is witticise?
Witticise is a verb.
What is the past tense of witticise?
The past tense of witticise is witticised.

Words near witticise in the dictionary

  1. Wittgensteinianism
  2. Wittgensteinians
  3. witticaster
  4. witticasters
  5. wittichenite
  6. witticise
  7. witticised
  8. witticises
  9. witticising
  10. witticism
  11. witticisms

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