Definition of Witticisms. Meaning of Witticisms. Synonyms of Witticisms

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Definition of Witticisms

Witticism
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. He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse. --Addison.

Meaning of Witticisms from wikipedia

- but perhaps descends into sarcasm, or otherwise is short of a point. A witticism also suggests the diminutive. Repartee is the wit of the quick answer...
- snakebite. Although he was able and learned, he is perhaps best known for his witticisms. We know that, in Paris, fashion imposes its dictates on medicine just...
- "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is a po****r phrase of witticism in American English. The phrase is an example of an antimetabole. The...
- In rhetoric, antanaclasis (/æntəˈnækləsɪs, ˌæntænəˈklæsɪs/; from the Gr****: ἀντανάκλασις, antanáklasis, meaning "reflection", from ἀντί anti, "against"...
- language is a dialect with an army and navy", sometimes called the Weinreich witticism, is a quip about the arbitrariness of the distinction between a dialect...
- roughly 1929. At these luncheons they engaged in wisecracks, wordplay, and witticisms that, through the newspaper columns of Round Table members, were disseminated...
- brought peace to troubled waters. Elizabeth was well known for her dry witticisms. On hearing that Edwina Mountbatten was buried at sea, she said: "Dear...
- from Filmmakers and Critics: Over 3400 Axioms, Criticisms, Opinions and Witticisms from 100 Years of the Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3763-4. Roberts...
- Michael James Mahler (born July 30, 1952) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He pla**** during eight seasons at the major league level for the...
- University. He wrote little but is remembered by many for his philosophical witticisms. Sidney Morgenbesser was born on September 22, 1921, in New York City...