wit
n.
intellect; reason; cleverness; sharpness; one who is sharp
v.
know (Archaic)
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Noun
1. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
(synonym) humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) jeu d'esprit
(class) libation
2. mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"
(synonym) brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality
(hypernym) intelligence
3. a witty amusing person who makes jokes
(synonym) wag, card
(hypernym) humorist, humourist
(classification) colloquialism
wit
n.
purpose, goal
adj.
white, blank
witten
v.
whitewash, whiten, find fault
Wit
(v.)
Mind; intellect; understanding; sense.
(v.)
Felicitous association of objects not usually connected, so as to produce a pleasant surprise; also. the power of readily combining objects in such a manner.
(v.)
A person of eminent sense or knowledge; a man of genius, fancy, or humor; one distinguished for bright or amusing sayings, for repartee, and the like.
(v.)
A mental faculty, or power of the mind; -- used in this sense chiefly in the plural, and in certain phrases; as, to lose one's wits; at one's wits' end, and the like.
(n.)
To know; to learn.
(inf.)
of Wit
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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