Wit.

/wɪt/ · noun

Meaning

(now usually in the plural) Sanity..

Definitions by Sense

1. (now usually in the plural) Sanity.
2. (usually in the plural) The senses.
3. Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
4. The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
5. Intelligence; common sense.
6. Humour, especially when clever or quick.
7. A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.
8. (ambitransitive, obsolete except in to wit) To know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).

Example Sentences

He's gone completely out of his wits.

Keep your wits about you.

Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.

My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.

The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!

I gif the witt, I gif the strenght, / of all thou sees, of brede & lengthe; / thou shall be wonder wise. / Myrth and Ioy to haue at will, / All thi likyng to fulfill, / and dwell in paradise.

Wel, wel (Meander) thou art deepely read: And hauing thee, I haue a iewell ſure: Go on my Lord, and giue your charge I ſay, Thy wit wil make vs Conquerors to day.

O, learn to read what silent love hath writ: To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit.

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Antonyms for wit.

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