Associations to the word «Witticism»

Wiktionary

WITTICISM, noun. A witty remark

Dictionary definition

WITTICISM, noun. A message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats