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  • 61Wit (play) — Infobox Play name = Wit image size = 150px caption = 1999 Faber and Faber edition writer = Margaret Edson characters = Vivian Bearing Harvey Kelekian Jason Posner Susie Monahan E.M. Ashford Mr Bearing Laboratory technicians Dr Bearing s Students… …

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  • 62wit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Cleverness Nouns 1. wit, wittiness; Atticism; salt; sense of humor, funny bone, esprit, point, fancy, whim, humor, drollery, pleasantry; comedy; jocularity, jocosity, jocoseness; levity, facetiousness;… …

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  • 63wit — {{11}}wit (n.) mental capacity, O.E. wit, more commonly gewit, from P.Gmc. *witjan (Cf. O.S. wit, O.N. vit, Dan. vid, Swed. vett, O.Fris. wit, O.H.G. wizzi knowledge, understanding, intelligence, mind, Ger. Witz wit, witticism, joke, Goth …

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  • 64Wit — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Wit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 wit wit humor wittiness Sgm: N 1 attic wit attic wit attic salt Sgm: N 1 atticism atticism Sgm: N 1 salt salt esprit point …

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  • 65Wit (film) — Infobox Film name = Wit image size = caption = director = Mike Nichols producer = Simon Bosanquet writer = Margaret Edson (play) Emma Thompson Mike Nichols narrator = starring = music = Henryk Górecki Dmitri Shostakovich Arvo Pärt cinematography …

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  • 66wit — noun 1 clever use of words ADJECTIVE ▪ great ▪ quick, ready ▪ acerbic, barbed, biting, caustic, dry …

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  • 67wit — [[t]wɪ̱t[/t]] wits 1) N UNCOUNT Wit is the ability to use words or ideas in an amusing, clever, and imaginative way. Boulding was known for his biting wit... They love her practical attitude to life, her zest and wit. 2) N COUNT If you describe… …

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  • 68wit — I. /wɪt / (say wit) noun 1. keen perception and cleverly apt expression of connections between ideas which may arouse pleasure and especially amusement. 2. speech or writing showing such perception and expression. 3. a person endowed with or… …

  • 69wit — I n. 1) to display, show wit 2) acid, keen, mordant, penetrating, rapier like, sharp, sophisticated, trenchant wit 3) dry; quick, ready; sly wit 4) (misc.) at one s wit s end (see also wits) II to wit ( namely ) * * * [wɪt] keen mordant …

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  • 70wit — noun 1 AMUSING (U) the ability to say things that are clever and amusing: a woman of great wit and charm | quick/dry/sharp wit: His sharp wit had them all smiling. 2 AMUSING PERSON (C) someone who is able to say clever and funny things: Oscar… …

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