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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WITTICISM, n. [from wit.] A sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; a low kind of wit.
--He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter [syn: wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: witty + -cism (as in criticism) Date: 1651 a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a witty remark. Etymology: coined by Dryden (1677) f. WITTY, after criticism

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Witticism Wit"ti*cism, n. [From Witty.] A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. --Milton. He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse. --Addison.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(witticisms) A witticism is a witty remark or joke. (FORMAL) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Joke (made by one who affects wit), jest, conceit, quip, quirk, crank.

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