wit
41wit — I [[t]wɪt[/t]] n. 1) the keen perception and clever expression of those connections between ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure 2) a person having or noted for such perception and expression 3) witty speech or writing 4) understanding,… …
42wit — 1. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.) intelligence; quick understanding (has quick wits; a nimble wit). 2 a the unexpected, quick, and humorous combining or contrasting of ideas or expressions (conversation sparkling with wit). b the power of giving… …
43wit — I. verb (wist; witting; present first & third singular wot) Etymology: Middle English witen (1st & 3d singular present wot, past wiste), from Old English witan (1st & 3d singular present wāt, past wisse, wiste); akin to Old High German wizzan to… …
44wit — Both the noun wit [OE] and the verb [OE] go back ultimately to the Indo European base *woid , *weid , *wid . This originally meant ‘see’, in which sense it has given English visible, vision, etc, but it developed metaphorically to ‘know’, and it… …
45wit — Both the noun wit [OE] and the verb [OE] go back ultimately to the Indo European base *woid , *weid , *wid . This originally meant ‘see’, in which sense it has given English visible, vision, etc, but it developed metaphorically to ‘know’, and it… …
46wit — 1. noun /wɪt,wɪt/ a) Sanity. Hes gone completely out of his wits. b) Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning. Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say. 2. verb /wɪt,wɪt/ Know, be …
47wit — Synonyms and related words: ESP, IQ, Italian hand, ability, acumen, acuteness, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, alertness, apprehension, art, artfulness, artifice, artisanship, artistry, assume, astuteness, awareness, balance, banana,… …
48WIT — • Web Interactive Talk http://www.cern.ch/ExpSupport/wit/Overview.html • World Internet Technologies http://www.wit.com/ • Work Implementation Tracking NASA • nicht mehr vergebenes Autokennzeichen für Stadt Witten, Nordrhein Westfalen . Ersetzt… …
49WIT — [1] Web Interactive Talk (http://www.cern.ch/ExpSupport/wit/Overview.html) [2] World Internet Technologies (http://www.wit.com/) [3] Work Implementation Tracking ( > NASA Acronym List ) [4] nicht mehr vergebenes Autokennzeichen für Stadt… …
50wit — wit1 noun 1》 (also wits) the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence. 2》 a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour. 3》 a witty person. Phrases be at one s wits end …
