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[wit]1) (humour; the ability to express oneself in an amusing way: His plays are full of wit; I admire his wit.) duhovitost2) (a person who expresses himself in a humorous way, tells jokes etc: He's a great wit.) duhovitež3) (common sense, inventiveness etc: He did not have the wit to defend himself.) zdrav razum•- witless- - witted
- witticism
- witty
- wittily
- wittiness
- at one's wits' end
- keep one's wits about one
- live by one's wits
- frighten/scare out of one's wits
- out of one's wits* * *I [wit]nounpamet, razumnost, bistrost, inteligenca, razsodnost; duševna sposobnost; zdrav razum; duhovitost, domiselnost; duhovitež, duhovit, odrezav človek, inteligentna oseba, duhovna veličinathe five wits obsolete petero čutovto be at one's wit's end — ne vedeti kako in kaj, ne se znajtiI am at my wit's end — sem pri kraju s svojo pametjo, ne znam si več pomagatito be out of one's wits — izgubiti pamet (glavo), ne biti pametenhe has his wits about him — on si zna vedno pomagati, prisotnost duha ga nikoli ne zapusti, on je vedno buden (oprezen)to have wit to — imeti dovolj pameti za (da...)he has not the wit to see... — nima toliko pameti, da bi uvidel...to live by one's wits — živeti od svoje prebrisanosti (prevar, goljufij), več ali manj pošteno se prebijati skozi živijenjeII [wit]obsolete transitive verb & intransitive verb (sed. čas I (he) wot, preterite in past participle wist, — sed. deležnik witting) vedetito wit — to je, namreč; kot sledi; in to
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Wittiness — Wit ti*ness, n. The quality of being witty. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wittiness — witty ► ADJECTIVE (wittier, wittiest) ▪ showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour. DERIVATIVES wittily adverb wittiness noun … English terms dictionary
wittiness — noun see witty … New Collegiate Dictionary
wittiness — See wittily. * * * … Universalium
wittiness — noun the quality of being witty … Wiktionary
wittiness — Synonyms and related words: brilliance, cleverness, comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, facetiousness, funniness, humorousness, jocoseness, jocularity, joking, joshing, keen wittedness, keenness, nimble wittedness, pleasantry,… … Moby Thesaurus
wittiness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality of beirig laughable or comical: comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, farcicality, funniness, humor, humorousness, jocoseness, jocosity, jocularity, ludi crousness, ridiculousness, wit,… … English dictionary for students
wittiness — wit·ti·ness || wɪtɪnɪs n. cleverness, sharpness … English contemporary dictionary
wittiness — wit·ti·ness … English syllables
wittiness — noun a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter • Syn: ↑wit, ↑humor, ↑humour, ↑witticism • Derivationally related forms: ↑witty, ↑humourous (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
wit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Cleverness Nouns 1. wit, wittiness; Atticism; salt; sense of humor, funny bone, esprit, point, fancy, whim, humor, drollery, pleasantry; comedy; jocularity, jocosity, jocoseness; levity, facetiousness;… … English dictionary for students