A dictionary lists these for some words, like humor & drollery for wit
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J! Archive - Show #5046, aired 2006-07-17  Jul 17, 2006 ... In 1859 Martha Coston patented these devices that sailors could send .... A dictionary lists these for some words, like humor & drollery for wit...
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Wit Synonyms, Wit Antonyms | Thesaurus.com  Synonyms for wit at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Dictionary and Word of the Day. ... noun humor; noun person who is very funny ... lists; blocks .... Meaning "ability to make clever remarks in an amusing way" is first recorded 1542; that of "person of wit or learning" is from c.1470.
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In the Eye of the Beholder  Of course, certain members of my family would say that no ... caprice (I like this one), aid (??), indulge (I do ... Humorous, in my thesaurus, lists #842, which is wit. - n. and ... fancy, whim, drollery, and pleasant- ry; fun ... of these words themselves to be humorous, given the context of the ... (Does anyone have a dictionary with.
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Humor Synonyms, Humor Antonyms | Thesaurus.com  Synonyms for humor at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and ... Dictionary and Word of the Day. ... lists; blocks ... Antonyms for humor ... verb. treat like a child .... His work abounds in an ingenious and admirable mingling of wit and humor. ... Some good, straightforward boys are wholly destitute of humor.
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wit - definition of wit in English | Oxford Dictionaries  Meaning, pronunciation, example sentences, and more from Oxford Dictionaries. ... 2A natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humour. ... 'I'm almost at my wits' end trying to cope with these demands' ..... Before you run for the hills, let's run through a list of 'run' expressions that are...
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Wit - Dictionary definition of Wit | Encyclopedia.com: FREE online ...  Margaret Edson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit, was born in .... I taught him, you know, she says, reflecting on the fact that Jason took one of her literature classes. .... Edson's having used the word wit for the title of the play makes it rather easy to ... Bearing at one point states, Brevity is the soul of wit.
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Lynch, Getting an A on an English Paper -- Reference Books  (If your library doesn't, ask a reference librarian about buying them.) ... Where the OED differs from most dictionaries is that it's a historical dictionary  its ... And you get not only definitions and etymologies, but examples of how the words have been used. ... For mundane tasks like that, a smaller dictionary will do just fine.
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Funnies | Define Funnies at Dictionary.com  Funnies definition, providing fun; causing amusement or laughter; amusing; comical: a ... Did you really mean that or were you just being funny? 3. ... Also called funny paper. the section of a newspaper reserved for comic strips, word games, etc. ... I assume Bradley saw demonstrations of the funnies before rejecting them.
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Proverbs and idioms  Take home those you are unsure of and see if your parents can help you. ... To let the cat out of the bag .... When the adjective consists of two syllables that end in y, -er, -ly; add er, -est. ... To put a cat among the pigeons: to stir up trouble.
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Etymologie, Etimologa, tymologie, Etimologia, Etymology - US ...  They are indicators of what webloggers are writing about right now, in contrast ..... inculcate - Jun 11; jeopardy - Jun 12; rambunctious - Jun 13; thesaurus - Jun 14 ..... 2011 May 27 bombard; 2011 May 28 lexicographer; 2011 May 29 credulous ..... These words tend to reflect topics that have appeared in the world news or in...
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Some of Johnson's Dictionary Definitions Definition - Samuel Johnson  ... Johnson might have supplied, nor the supporting quotations and part of speech. The list below might lead you to think that Johnson's Dictionary is some bizzarro ... Lexicographer: A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in ... understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.
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Words rhyming with rough - Word finder  Practically in no time you will be provided with a list of rhyming words ... candle-snuff church-stuff double-bluff garden-stuff off-the-cuff rough-scruff sip-and-puff...
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Full text of "A complete dictionary of synonyms and antonyms ... with ...  For the solution of -Cross Word Puzzles special attention is called also to the ..... Careful, exact, faith- ful, precise, correct, close, truthful, strict, just, actual, nice. ... It has also the collo- quial meaning of a person with whom one is acquainted. ... Dull, blunt, obtuse, stupid,un- discerning, heavy, chronic, stolid. ...... 5 COX ANT.
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Anagrams of CRUSTY - word  Anagrams of crusty and words contained within the word CRUSTY.
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Familiarity breeds contempt - Dictionary.com  Familiarity breeds contempt definition at Dictionary.com, a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms and translation. Look it up now!
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Full text of "A Middle-English dictionary, containing words used by ...  Another inconvenient feature of the original dictionary was its per- plexing ... In cases where a foreign word has come into English by two different channels, .... While I have not expunged the proper names inserted by the author himself, ...... 138. bomblen, see bumblen. bommen, see bumbin. bon, adj., OJ^r. bon ; good^ Tor.
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Full text of "A complete dictionary of synonyms and antonyms ... with ...  Slowly, imperceptibly, leisure- ly, creepingly, crawlingly, sluggishly, tardily. ...... stand, stiffen, break, crush, re- gist. Beneath. SYN. Below, underneath, under, adown. ANT. ...... Defy, summon, dare, question, investigate, brave, can- vass. ..... Its correlative; viz., anything of which it is a compartment. .... Disdain, scorn, spurn.
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literary and rhetorical terms Flashcards | Quizlet  Showen AP English Learn with flashcards, games, and more  for free. ... Like this study set? ..... related to style, diction refers to the writer's word choices, especially with regard to their .... a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another by being spoken of as though it were that thing; e.g. "...a sea of troubles.
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Comedy Synonyms, Comedy Antonyms | Thesaurus.com  Synonyms for comedy at Thesaurus.com with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Dictionary and Word of the Day.