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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

REPARTEE', n.
A smart, ready and witty reply.
Cupid was as bad as he; hear but the youngster's repartee.
REPARTEE', v.i. To make smart and witty replies.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: adroitness and cleverness in reply

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: French repartie, from repartir to retort, from Middle French, from re- + partir to divide — more at part Date: circa 1645 1. a. a quick and witty reply b. a succession or interchange of clever retorts ; amusing and usually light sparring with words 2. adroitness and cleverness in reply ; skill in repartee Synonyms: see wit

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 the practice or faculty of making witty retorts; sharpness or wit in quick reply. 2 a a witty retort. b witty retorts collectively. Etymology: F repartie fem. past part. of repartir start again, reply promptly (as RE-, partir PART)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repartee Rep`ar*tee" (r?p`3r-t?"), n. [F. repartie, fr. repartir to reply, depart again; pref. re- re- partir to part, depart. See Part.] A smart, ready, and witty reply. Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee. --Prior. Syn: Retort; reply. See Retort.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Repartee Rep`ar*tee", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Reparteed (-t?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Reparteeing.] To make smart and witty replies. [R.] --Prior.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Repartee is conversation that consists of quick, witty comments and replies. She was good at repartee.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Retort, smart or witty reply.

Foolish Dictionary

The sassy habit of talking back.

Moby Thesaurus

acknowledgment, answer, answering, antiphon, aphorism, apothegm, back answer, back talk, backchat, badinage, banter, bon mot, boutade, bright idea, bright thought, brilliant idea, comeback, conceit, crack, echo, epigram, evasive reply, facetiae, flash of wit, flight of wit, gibe, give and take, happy thought, humor, irony, mot, nasty crack, patter, persiflage, play of wit, pleasantry, quip, quips and cranks, raillery, reaction, ready reply, receipt, rejoinder, replication, reply, repost, rescript, rescription, respondence, response, responsion, responsory, retort, return, reverberation, riposte, sally, sarcasm, satire, scintillation, short answer, smart crack, smart saying, snappy comeback, stroke of wit, turn of thought, wisecrack, wit, witticism, witty reply, witty retort, wordplay, yes-and-no answer