witticism : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: witticism	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for witticism
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
witticism n a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter Synonym(s): wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
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.