witty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   combining clever conception and facetious expression

   Your sermons were unpredictably witty and satirical while remaining eloquent.

2. 2
   adj

   Clever; amusingly ingenious.

   His speech was both witty and informative.

3. 3
   adj

   Full of wit.

   His frequent quips mark him as particularly witty.

4. 4
   adj

   Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.

   She may have grown older, but she has grown no less witty.

5. 5
   adj

   Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.

   It hath beene a witty invention[…]to establish and ordaine certaine vaine and worthles markes, therewith to honor and recompence vertue[…].

6. 6
   adj

   Wise, having good judgement.

7. 7
   name

   A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English witty, witti, from Old English wittiġ, witiġ, ġewittiġ (“clever, wise”), from Proto-West Germanic *witīg, *witag, from Proto-Germanic *witagaz, *wītagaz (“knowing, wise, clever”), equivalent to wit + -y. Cognate with Middle Low German wittich, gewittich (“knowing, clever, wise, understanding”), German witzig (“funny, witty”), Norwegian Bokmål vettig, Norwegian Nynorsk vittig (“witty”).