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Witticism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Witticism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

2

a witty remark

See Also
jape witticise jocundity bon mot witticisms one liner witty witticist
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
message
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
jeu d'esprit bon mot esprit de l'escalier pungency sarcasm repartee joke caricature cartoon fun ribaldry topper
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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