wittiness
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- واژهنامه · French & English to Persian Epistemological Dictionary intelligence|intelligente|intelligemment|intelligency|intelligently|wittiness|wit|wits|clever|cleverness|keen 1488; «qui est expert dans un art, le connaît bien», 1420; lat. intellegens, intelligens, de intellegere «comprendre», de inter-, et legere «recueillir» et «lire». + PIE leg- : To collect; with derivatives meaning “to speak.” be-ham-âvar (pbp.) 1 (xod-)dar-yâb(-anda) + Education should have two objects: first, to give definite knowledge, reading and writing, language and mathematics, and so on; secondly, to create those mental habits which will enable people to acquire knowledge and form judgements for themselves. The first of these we may call information, the second intellegence. ... One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instruction in the prevalent forms of mendacity. (B. RUSSELL, Sceptical essays, p. 135, 142) 2 hoš-mand/yâr tiz-huš farâsat-mand + "We live in a culture in which intelligence is denied relevance altogether, in a search for radical innocence, or is defended as an instrument of authority and repression. In my view, the only intelligence worth defending is critical, dialectical, skeptical, desimplifying." (S. SONTAG, Author Susan Sontag Dies )
- واژهنامه · hFarsi Advanced Version بذله گويى ،لطيفه گويى
- واژهنامه · Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary wit·ty adj. Pronunciation: ' wi-tē Function: adjective Inflected Form: wit·ti·er ; -est Date: before 12th century 1 archaic : having good intellectual capacity : INTELLIGENT 2 : amusingly or ingeniously clever in conception or execution 3 : marked by or full of wit : smartly facetious or jocular 4 : quick or ready to see or express illuminating or amusing relationships or insights –wit·ti·ly \ ' wi-tə-lē\ adverb –wit·ti·ness \ ' wi-tē-nəs\ noun synonyms WITTY , HUMOROUS , FACETIOUS , JOCULAR , JOCOSE mean provoking or intended to provoke laughter. WITTY suggests cleverness and quickness of mind . HUMOROUS applies broadly to anything that evokes usually genial laughter and may contrast with witty in suggesting whimsicality or eccentricity . FACETIOUS stresses a desire to produce laughter and may be derogatory in implying dubious or ill-timed attempts at wit or humor . JOCULAR implies a usually habitual fondness for jesting and joking . JOCOSE is somewhat less derogatory than FACETIOUS in suggesting habitual waggishness or playfulness .