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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