humorous, funny, amusing; clever; sharp, shrewd
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Witty Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.
Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning.
(n.)
Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutEspecially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like.
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."
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."
Amwys = a. equivocal, witty
Arebol = a. fluent, witty, smart
Arebydd = n. a witty person
Areiniol = a. tending to be witty
Mwys = n. what comprehends; what has double meaning, a pun; a hamper, five score of herrings: a. ambiguous; witty; elegant
intelligent
Combining clever conception and facetious expression,HUMOROUS
eg:You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.
eg:If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
eg:Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.(Shakespeare)
eg:You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.
eg:If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.
eg:Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affection, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.(Shakespeare)
Adjective
1. combining clever conception and facetious expression; "his sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical as well as eloquent"
(similar) humorous, humourous
Witty Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The Witty worm is a computer worm that attacks the firewall and other computer security products written by a particular company, Internet Security Systems (ISS) now IBM Internet Security Systems. It was the first worm to take advantage of vulnerabilities in the very pieces of software designed to enhance network security, and carried a destructive payload, unlike previous worms. It is so named because the phrase "(^.^) insert witty message here (^.^)" appears in the worm's payload.
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