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| wit [ wit ] |
noun (plural wits) |
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1. ingenious humor: the apt, clever, and often humorous association of words or ideas, or a capacity for it
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2. speech or writing showing wit: speech or writing that shows an apt, clever, and often humorous association of words
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3. witty person: somebody known for using wit
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4. intelligence: mental acumen, intelligence, or reasoning power
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plural noun wits |
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shrewdness: mental acumen, shrewdness, or reasoning power
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| [ Old English wit "mind, understanding" < Indo-European, "see, know"] |
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  wit·ted adjective |
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be at your wits' end to be in despair as to how to cope with something
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live by your wits to use cunning and ingenuity in order to survive
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pit your wits against somebody to compete with somebody in an intellectual exercise
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scare or frighten somebody out of his or her wits to fill somebody with sudden terror
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