Dictionary
wit
Meaning
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- Sanity.
- (obsolete) The senses.
- Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
- The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
- Intelligence; common sense.
- Humour, especially when clever or quick.
- A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/wɪt/
Cognate with Dutch
weet
Cognate with German
Witz
Cognate with Latin
vīdī
Cognate with Dutch
weten
Cognate with German
wissen
Cognate with Latin
videō
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