See witticise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Back formation from witticism, modelled after the analogy of criticise from criticism.",
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"form": "witticises",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "witticising",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
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]
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{
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},
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}
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{
"ref": "2007, Andrea Stuart, The Rose of Martinique:",
"text": "Here she entertained a learned and decadent group of dissenters who gathered to discuss politics, flirt and witticize.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms."
],
"id": "en-witticise-en-verb-70OSqdLo",
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"wittily",
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],
[
"indulge",
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],
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(ambitransitive) To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms."
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"word": "witticise"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Back formation from witticism, modelled after the analogy of criticise from criticism.",
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"To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms."
],
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"(ambitransitive) To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms."
],
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