WITTINESS

wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness

(noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wittiness (usually uncountable, plural wittinesses)

the quality of being witty

Source: Wiktionary


Wit"ti*ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being witty.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 May 2024

EMBARRASSMENT

(noun) some event that causes someone to be embarrassed; “the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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