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witticisms

witticisms is the plural of witticism.

Meaning of witticism

Noun

witticism (plural witticisms)

  1. a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger.
    • "Take any shape but that!" is what I always feel tempted to exclaim when dulness attempts a joke; striving to pervert some poor innocent and ill-used word from its lawful meaning till it ceases to have any at all—worrying some unfortunate idea till, like the hunted hare, it is worried to...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVIII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 151

Questions about witticisms

What is witticisms the plural of?
Witticisms is the plural of witticism.

Words near witticisms in the dictionary

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

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