Witty
adj, name ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 Clever; amusingly ingenious.
"His speech was both witty and informative."
- 2 Full of wit.
"His frequent quips mark him as particularly witty."
- 3 Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.
"She may have grown older, but she has grown no less witty."
- 4 Wise, having good judgement. obsolete
- 5 Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious. archaic
"It hath beene a witty invention[…]to establish and ordaine certaine vaine and worthles markes, therewith to honor and recompence vertue[…]."
- 1 combining clever conception and facetious expression wordnet
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"You are the wickedest witty person I know."
Etymology
From Middle English witty, witti, from Old English wittiġ, witiġ, ġewittiġ (“clever, wise”), from Proto-West Germanic *witīg, *witag, from Proto-Germanic *witagaz, *wītagaz (“knowing, wise, clever”), equivalent to wit + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German wittich, gewittich (“knowing, clever, wise, understanding”), German witzig (“funny, witty”), Norwegian Bokmål vettig, Norwegian Nynorsk vittig (“witty”).
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