wit¹ /wit/

1. Ingenuity
2. Intelligence, sense (as in have the wit to)
3. (usu in pl) any of the five bodily senses, or a mental faculty generally (archaic)
4. The power of combining ideas with a pointed verbal effect
5. The product of this power
6. Humour, wittiness
7. A person endowed with wit
8. The mind (obsolete)
9. The understanding (archaic)
10. Imagination or invention (archaic)
11. Information, as in to get wit of (obsolete)

witˈless adjective

1. Lacking wit, wisdom or sense
2. Without intellectual faculties (obsolete)
3. Out of one's mind
4. Stupid, unintelligent
5. Unaware, unconscious

witˈlessly adverb

witˈlessness noun

witˈling noun

1. Someone with little wit
2. A pretender to wit

wittˈed adjective

(usu as combining form) having wit or understanding (of a specified type, as in quick-witted, slow-witted)

witticism /witˈi-sizm/ noun

1. A witty remark
2. A sentence or phrase affectedly witty
3. Formerly, a gibe

wittˈily adverb

wittˈiness noun

wittˈy adjective

1. Possessed of wit
2. Amusing, droll
3. Sarcastic
4. Ingenious (Bible)
5. Wise, discreet, sensible (obsolete)

witˈ-cracker noun

Someone who makes witty remarks in a crisp style

witˈ-monger noun

A poor would-be wit

witˈ-snapper noun (Shakespeare)

Someone who affects wit or repartee

witˈwanton transitive verb (with it; obsolete)

To indulge in irreverent wit

at one's wits’ (or wit's) end

1. Utterly perplexed
2. In a state of desperation

have (or keep) one's wits about one

To be (or remain) alert and resourceful

live by one's wits

To gain a livelihood by ingenious expedients rather than by honest labour

scared out of one's wits

Extremely scared

the five wits (archaic)

The five senses

wit² /wit/

1. To know
2. To be aware (with of)
3. To recognize, discern
4. To know how

wittˈing noun (obsolete and dialect)

1. Knowledge
2. Information

1. Cognisant
2. Conscious
3. Deliberate

wittˈingly adverb

1. Knowingly
2. By design

do to wit

To cause to know

to wit

That is to say, namely (the OE gerund tō witanne)

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