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candid
English
Etymology
From Latin candidus (“white”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?kæn.d?d/
Adjective
candid (comparative candider, superlative candidest)
- Impartial and free from prejudice.
- 21 January 2018, Oli Smith, in The Sunday Express
- Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»
- 21 January 2018, Oli Smith, in The Sunday Express
- Straightforward, open and sincere.
- 1871, unknown translator, Jules Verne (original), A Journey To The Center Of The Earth
- My candid opinion was that it was all rubbish!
- 1871, unknown translator, Jules Verne (original), A Journey To The Center Of The Earth
- Not posed or rehearsed.
- 2002, Popular Photography
- Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?
- 2002, Popular Photography
Synonyms
- frank, open, parrhesiastic, sincere, unreserved
Derived terms
- candid camera
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- candid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- candid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Noun
candid (plural candids)
- A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
- His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.
Translations
Romanian
Etymology
From French candide, from Latin candidus.
Adjective
candid m or n (feminine singular candid?, masculine plural candizi, feminine and neuter plural candide)
- candid
Declension
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witty
English
Etymology
From Middle English witty, witti, from Old English witti? (“clever, wise”), equivalent to wit +? -y,See Norwegian Bokmål vettig.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?w?ti/
- (US) IPA(key): /?w?ti/, [?w??i]
- Rhymes: -?ti
Adjective
witty (comparative wittier, superlative wittiest)
- (obsolete) Wise, having good judgement.
- Then cam there a lady that was a wytty lady, and she seyde playnly unto the Kyng […] that he sholde never be hole but yf that Sir Trystrames wente into the same contrey than the venym came fro, and in that contrey sholde he be holpyn, other ellys never.
- (archaic) Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.
- Clever; amusingly ingenious.
- Full of wit.
- Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.
Synonyms
- facetious
- humorous
- jocose
- jocular
- quick
- lively
- See also Thesaurus:witty
Translations
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