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From witty + -icism; coined in the 1670s by John Dryden, by analogy to criticism.
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witticism
Today it means: a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger. Full definition →
Today it means: a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger. Full definition →
From witty + -icism; coined in the 1670s by John Dryden, by analogy to criticism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.