witticism
Plural: witticisms
Noun
- a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
- a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger.
Origin / Etymology
From witty + -icism; coined in the 1670s by John Dryden, by analogy to criticism.
Scrabble Score: 16
witticism: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordwitticism: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
witticism: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
witticism: valid Words With Friends Word