"wittiness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wittinesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English wittynesse, equivalent to witty + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wittynesse}} Middle English wittynesse, {{suf|en|witty|ness}} witty + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} wittiness (usually uncountable, plural wittinesses)
  1. the quality of being witty Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the quality of being witty): ἀστειότης (asteiótēs) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), остроу́мие (ostroúmie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), духовитост (duhovitost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 風趣 (Chinese Mandarin), 风趣 (fēngqù) (Chinese Mandarin), duchaplnost [feminine] (Czech), vittighed [common-gender] (Danish), nasevuus (Finnish), Witzigkeit [feminine] (German), eagnaíocht [feminine] (Irish), tráthúlacht [feminine] (Irish), abarthacht (note: in repartee) [feminine] (Irish), lepidezza [feminine] (Italian), lepidità [feminine] (Italian), Witsichkjeit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), argúcia [feminine] (Portuguese), sagacidade [feminine] (Portuguese), perspicácia [feminine] (Portuguese), остроу́мие (ostroúmije) [neuter] (Russian), сообрази́тельность (soobrazítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), до̀мишљато̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), досјѐтљиво̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dòmišljatōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dosjètljivōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dosètljivōst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), fyndighet [common-gender] (Swedish), ffraethineb [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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