different between witticise vs witticize
witticise
English
Alternative forms
- witticize (US)
Etymology
Back formation from witticism, modelled after the analogy of criticise from criticism.
Verb
witticise (third-person singular simple present witticises, present participle witticising, simple past and past participle witticised)
- (transitive, intransitive) To express oneself wittily; to indulge in witticisms.
- 2007, Andrea Stuart, The Rose of Martinique:
- Here she entertained a learned and decadent group of dissenters who gathered to discuss politics, flirt and witticize.
- 2007, Andrea Stuart, The Rose of Martinique:
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witticize
English
Verb
witticize (third-person singular simple present witticizes, present participle witticizing, simple past and past participle witticized)
- US and Oxford British English standard spelling of witticise.
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