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# witticism

«witticism» in Mova's school dictionary: **A clever, quick joke or saying that makes people smile…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (witticisms)

### meaning for a pupil

A clever, quick joke or saying that makes people smile and think. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witticism/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a character's witticism shows how sharp or cheeky they are.

### examples

- His witticism made everyone laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witticism/#x1)
- The king enjoyed her witticisms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witticism/#x2)
- Polly added another witticism to the talk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witticism/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «witticism» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/witticism/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.