witt

n. [ Formed like criticaster. ] A witling. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Witty. ] A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic verse. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Witty + -fy + -ed. ] Possessed of wit; witty. [ R. ] R. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a witty manner; wisely; ingeniously; artfully; with wit; with a delicate turn or phrase, or with an ingenious association of ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who his own harm so wittily contrives. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being witty. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ See Wit, v. ] Knowingly; with knowledge; by design. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Said to be for white tail, and so called in allusion to its white tail; but cf. witwal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) The wheatear. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a wittol; cuckoldly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]