Explore Witticism through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like wit or humor. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Witticism meaning
a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger.
Using Witticism
- The main meaning on this page is: a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger.
- Useful related words include: wit, humor, humour, wittiness.
- In the example corpus, witticism often appears in combinations such as: the witticism.
Context around Witticism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Witticism
- In this selection, "witticism" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, biting, newsroom, trademark, hasn and suggests stand out and add context to how "witticism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of understated witticism and old newsroom witticism suggests that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "witticism" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with witticism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Longworth did not originate the witticism. (6 words)
Trademark witticism and playfulness stitch together a Penny and Sparrow live experience. (12 words)
An old newsroom witticism suggests that newspapers are called a medium because they are neither rare nor well done. (19 words)
Despite being over two decades old, the movie's biting witticism hasn't faded, and it even spawned a sequel in 2016 that was also made available on Paramount+ in March 2023. (32 words)
In general Wallace and Gromit is full of wordplay, but Gromit's various possessions and their recurrent use of pun have become a particular source of understated witticism. (28 words)
In Swahili, pili pili apparently means pepper-pepper – prompting the witticism “the chilli so hot they named it twice” – and it lives up to that reputation. (26 words)
Example sentences (6)
Despite being over two decades old, the movie's biting witticism hasn't faded, and it even spawned a sequel in 2016 that was also made available on Paramount+ in March 2023.
An old newsroom witticism suggests that newspapers are called a medium because they are neither rare nor well done.
In Swahili, pili pili apparently means pepper-pepper – prompting the witticism “the chilli so hot they named it twice” – and it lives up to that reputation.
Trademark witticism and playfulness stitch together a Penny and Sparrow live experience.
In general Wallace and Gromit is full of wordplay, but Gromit's various possessions and their recurrent use of pun have become a particular source of understated witticism.
Longworth did not originate the witticism.
Common combinations with witticism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: