English English Dictionary

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Witted (a.)

Having (such) a wit or understanding; as, a quick-witted boy.

Witticaster (n.)

A witling.

Witticism (n.)

A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit.

Wittified (a.)

Possessed of wit; witty.

Wittiness (n.)

The quality of being witty.

Wittingly (v.)

Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.

Wittol (n.)

The wheatear.

Wittol (n.)

A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest.

Wittolly (a.)

Like a wittol; cuckoldly.

Witts (n.)

Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping.

Witty (n.)

Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.

Witty (n.)

Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like.

Witwal (n.)

Alt. of Witwall

Witwall (n.)

The golden oriole.

Witwall (n.)

The greater spotted woodpecker.

Witworm (n.)

One who, or that which, feeds on or destroys wit.

Wive (v. i.)

To marry, as a man; to take a wife.

Wive (v. t.)

To match to a wife; to provide with a wife.

Wive (v. t.)

To take for a wife; to marry.

Wived (imp. & p. p.)

of Wive