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witticism definition

wit·ti·cism (wit′ə siz′əm)

noun

a witty remark

Etymology: < witty + -ism, modeled on Anglicism, criticism

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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