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Wittiness

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. the quality of being witty

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. The quality of being witty.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The character of being witty; the quality of being ingenious or clever.

n. Something that is witty; an ingenious invention.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"The book's wittiness is derived more from the incongruous circumstances than it is from one-liners (though there are those), and I'm undecided as to whether this is a lost opportunity (could it have been funnier?) or the reason why the humor succeeds (there are several laugh-out-loud moments)."

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content message substance subject-matter

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topper jeu d'esprit cartoon jape ribaldry esprit de l'escalier pungency jest joke impersonation