Etymology

repartee

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Today it means: A swift, witty reply, especially one that is amusing. Full definition →

French repartie
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  1. French · borrowed fromrepartie
  2. English todayrepartee

From French repartie, a deverbal of repartir (“to retort”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.