Witticaster
(Wit"tic*as`ter) n. [Formed like criticaster.] A witling. [R.] Milton.
Witticism
(Wit"ti*cism) n. [From Witty.] 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. Wittified
(Wit"ti*fied) a. [Witty + - fy + -ed.] Possessed of wit; witty. [R.] R. North.
Wittily
(Wit"ti*ly), adv. In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with wit; with a delicate turn or phrase,
or with an ingenious association of ideas.
Who his own harm so wittily contrives.
Dryden. Wittiness
(Wit"ti*ness), n. The quality of being witty.
Wittingly
(Wit"ting*ly) adv. [See Wit, v.] Knowingly; with knowledge; by design.
Wittol
(Wit"tol) n. [Said to be for white tail, and so called in allusion to its white tail; but cf. witwal.]
1. (Zoöl.) The wheatear. [Prov. Eng.]
2. 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. [Obs.] Shak.
Wittolly
(Wit"tol*ly) a. Like a wittol; cuckoldly. [Obs.] Shak.
Witts
(Witts) n. (Mining) Tin ore freed from earthy matter by stamping. Knight.
Witty
(Wit"ty) a. [Compar. Wittier ; superl. Wittiest.] [AS. witig, wittig. See Wit, n.]
1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. [Obs.] "The deep-revolving witty
Buckingham." Shak.
2. Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty
remark, poem, and the like. "Honeycomb, who was so unmercifully witty upon the women." Addison.
Syn. — Acute; smart; sharp; arch; keen; facetious; amusing; humorous; satirical; ironical; taunting.
Witwal
(Wit"wal`, Wit"wall`) n. [Akin to G. wittewal, wiedewall, MHG. witewal, D. wiedewaal, wielewaal,
OD. weduwael, and perhaps the same word as OE. wodewale. Cf. Wood, n., Wittol.] (Zoöl.) (a)
The golden oriole. (b) The greater spotted woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]
Witworm
(Wit"worm`) n. One who, or that which, feeds on or destroys wit. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Wive
(Wive), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wived ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wiving.] [AS. wifian, gewifian. See Wite.]
To marry, as a man; to take a wife.
Wherefore we pray you hastily to wive.
Chaucer. Wive
(Wive), v. t.
1. To match to a wife; to provide with a wife. "An I could get me but a wife . . . I were manned, horsed,
and wived." Shak.
