Witticism

Wit′ti-cism

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Noun.

[From

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

Milton.

He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and

witticisms

; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse.

Addison.

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Noun.

[from wit.] A sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; a low kind of wit.

--He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse.

witticism ‎(plural witticisms)

a witty remark
- 1883: George Eliot, The Essays of George Elliot, chapter 4
  Shock of the witticism is a powerful one; while mere fun will have no power over them if it jar on their moral taste.
- 2015: Hans Rollman, Freedom of Speech: It’s Complicated, PopMatters
  While the occasional wry witticism seeps through, overall Shipler is painfully conscientious about trying to offer both sides of any debate.

witty remark

Chinese:
Mandarin: 妙語 (zh), 妙语 (zh) ‎(miàoyǔ), 雋語 (zh), 隽语 (zh) ‎(juànyǔ), 俏皮話 (zh), 俏皮话 (zh) ‎(qiàopíhuà), 諧語, 谐语 ‎(xiéyǔ)
Finnish: sukkeluus (fi)
French: mot d'esprit (fr) m, trait d'esprit m