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witticising

witticising is the present participle and gerund of witticise.

Meaning of witticise

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

Questions about witticising

What is witticising the present participle and gerund of?
Witticising is the present participle and gerund of witticise.

Words near witticising in the dictionary

  1. witticasters
  2. wittichenite
  3. witticise
  4. witticised
  5. witticises
  6. witticising
  7. witticism
  8. witticisms
  9. witticist
  10. witticists
  11. witticize

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