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Noun Concept
Categories: Humour, Algonquin Round Table, Articles with short description, Virtue, Word play
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wit  humor  humour  witticism  wittiness
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A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter WordNet 3.0
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A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Wit is a form of intelligent humour—the ability to say or write things that are clever and typically funny. Wikipedia
Form of humour. Wikipedia Disambiguation
The ability to laugh at things that are amusing; the ability to be funny. OmegaWiki
A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty. Wiktionary
A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes. Wiktionary (translation)
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Your friend is quite a wit, isn't he? Wiktionary
IS A
message
humor
HAS KIND
pungency
bon mot
caricature
cartoon
sarcasm
+10 relations
DERIVATION
humorist
humorous
witty
MEMBER OF CATEGORY DOMAIN
couth
couth
MEMBER OF USAGE DOMAIN
libation
roaster
USAGE DOMAIN
Canadian English spelling
Australian English orthography
British English orthography
American English orthography
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
Wikipedia
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wit
Wikidata
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wit
Wiktionary
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wit
OmegaWiki
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humor, humour
Wikipedia Redirections
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quips, Quipster, Repartees, snappy comeback, wisecrack, Witisisms, witticism, wittiness
Wikidata Alias
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sense of humor, sense of humour

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