Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A work of light playfulness or wit, especially in literature.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A witticism; a play of wit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A witticism.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun witticism; witty comment or composition

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

  • noun a witty comment or writing

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, play of the mind : jeu, play, game (from Old French gieu, from Latin jocus, joke; see joke) + de, of + esprit, mind; see esprit.]

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