| 单词 | wit-would |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswit-would ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > [noun] > witty person > inferior penny-wit1619 underwit1655 wit-would1678 witling1693 1678 H. More Let. 25 May 15 in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) Our professed Wit-would-be's of this present Age. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World Ded. sig. A4 This Play had been Acted two or three Days, before some of these hasty Judges cou'd find the leisure to distinguish betwixt the Character of a Witwoud and a Truewit. a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. lxxxvi, in Wks. (1765) II. 225 A wit-would cannot afford to discard a frivolous conceit. 1771 Sheridan in Rival Beauties 16 Then grinning Witwould—tho' no Teague—Who more successful in intrigue? < as lemmas |
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