witticism
n . 名言,妙语
名言,妙语
witticism n 1 :
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter [
synonym : {
wit }, {
humor },
{
humour }, {
witticism }, {
wittiness }]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
He is full of conceptions ,
points of epigram ,
and witticisms ;
all which are below the dignity of heroic verse . --
Addison .
[
1913 Webster ]
79 Moby Thesaurus words for "
witticism ":
adage ,
ana ,
analects ,
aphorism ,
apothegm ,
axiom ,
bon mot ,
boutade ,
bright idea ,
bright thought ,
brilliant idea ,
byword ,
catchword ,
collected sayings ,
conceit ,
crack ,
current saying ,
dictate ,
dictum ,
distich ,
drollery ,
epigram ,
expression ,
facetiae ,
flash of wit ,
flight of wit ,
gag ,
gibe ,
gnome ,
golden saying ,
happy thought ,
jape ,
jest ,
maxim ,
moral ,
mot ,
motto ,
nasty crack ,
oracle ,
persiflage ,
phrase ,
pithy saying ,
play of wit ,
pleasantry ,
precept ,
prescript ,
proverb ,
proverbial saying ,
proverbs ,
quip ,
quips and cranks ,
repartee ,
retort ,
riposte ,
sally ,
saw ,
saying ,
scintillation ,
sentence ,
sententious expression ,
sloka ,
smart crack ,
smart saying ,
snappy comeback ,
stock saying ,
stroke of wit ,
sutra ,
teaching ,
text ,
turn of thought ,
verse ,
waggery ,
wisdom ,
wisdom literature ,
wise saying ,
wisecrack ,
word ,
words of wisdom ,
yak
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