Hypertext Webster Gateway: "witticism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
witticism
n : a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has
the power to evoke laughter [syn: {wit}, {humor}, {humour},
{wittiness}]
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