Witticism

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  • noun. A witty remark. synonym: joke.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A witty sentence, phrase, or remark; an observation characterized by wit.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.
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  • noun. A witty remark.
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  • noun. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
    • Word Usage
    "You try to pass off a witticism from a film everyone on this planet, except members of hunter-gatherer tribes in the high plateaus of New Guinea and the Amish, have seen?"
    cross-reference
    bon mot  gag  jape  joke  one-liner  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    content  message  subject-matter  substance  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    bite  bonmot  caricature  cartoon  caustic remark  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    archness  badinage  banter  buffoonery  crushers  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adage  ana  analects  aphorism  apothegm  
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