'Witticism' definitions:
Definition of 'witticism'
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Definition of 'Witticism'
From: GCIDE
- Witticism \Wit"ti*cism\, n. [From Witty.] A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'witticism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adage,
- ana,
- analects,
- aphorism,
- apothegm,
- axiom,
- bon mot,
- boutade,
- bright idea,
- bright thought,
- brilliant idea,
- byword,
- catchword,
- collected sayings,
- conceit,
- crack,
- current saying,
- dictate,
- dictum,
- distich,
- drollery,
- epigram,
- expression,
- facetiae,
- flash of wit,
- flight of wit,
- gag,
- gibe,
- gnome,
- golden saying,
- happy thought,
- jape,
- jest,
- maxim,
- moral,
- mot,
- motto,
- nasty crack,
- oracle,
- persiflage,
- phrase,
- pithy saying,
- play of wit,
- pleasantry,
- precept,
- prescript,
- proverb,
- proverbial saying,
- proverbs,
- quip,
- quips and cranks,
- repartee,
- retort,
- riposte,
- sally,
- saw,
- saying,
- scintillation,
- sentence,
- sententious expression,
- sloka,
- smart crack,
- smart saying,
- snappy comeback,
- stock saying,
- stroke of wit,
- sutra,
- teaching,
- text,
- turn of thought,
- verse,
- waggery,
- wisdom,
- wisdom literature,
- wise saying,
- wisecrack,
- word,
- words of wisdom,
- yak