Wit

nounid 158644·updated May 18, 2026
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a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
brainhumourmarbleswag
alternatephrasing
Wits
plural
Wits
possessive
Wit's
pluralpossessive
Wits'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary3 sensesview framework →
§1
mental ability
§2
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
§3
a witty amusing person who makes jokes
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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