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• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: wĭt, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/wɪt/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA
• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. enPR: wĭt, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/wɪt/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA
• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-wit.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ɪt" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

• whit (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

From Template:OE. (deprecated template usage) witt, from Template:GEM. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "lang" should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Template:IE. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "lang" should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ine" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. Cognate with Dutch (deprecated template usage) weet, German (deprecated template usage) Witz, and Swedish (deprecated template usage) vett. Compare (deprecated template usage) wise.

wit (plural wits)

1. (Should we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#wit|delete]]^{([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfd-redundant/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bwit%23rfd-redundant-notice--%7cwit%5D%5D}} +])} this redundant sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages). (now usually in plural) One's mind or sense; sanity.

   Have you completely lost your wits?

2. (Should we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#wit|delete]]^{([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfd-redundant/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bwit%23rfd-redundant-notice--%7cwit%5D%5D}} +])} this redundant sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages). Template:archaic Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.

   Where she has gone to is beyond the wit of man to say.

3. The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially wittiness.

   My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.

4. (Should we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#wit|delete]]^{([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfd-redundant/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bwit%23rfd-redundant-notice--%7cwit%5D%5D}} +])} this redundant sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages). (obsolete except in set phrases) Intelligence; common sense.

   The opportunity was right in front of you, and you didn't even have the wit to take it!

5. (Should we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#wit|delete]]^{([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfd-redundant/preload&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bwit%23rfd-redundant-notice--%7cwit%5D%5D}} +])} this redundant sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages). Spoken humour, especially when clever or quick.

   The best man's speech was hilarious, full of wit and charm.

6. Template:rare A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.

   Your friend is quite a wit, isn't he?

From Template:OE. (deprecated template usage) witan, from Template:GEM. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "lang" should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Template:IE. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "lang" should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ine" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.. Cognate with Dutch (deprecated template usage) weten, German (deprecated template usage) wissen, Swedish (deprecated template usage) veta, and Latin (deprecated template usage) vidēre. Compare (deprecated template usage) guide.

1. Template:ambitransitive Know; be aware of (construed with of when used intransitively).

   I wot not what to.

   You are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.

   God wot…

• As a preterite-present verb, the third-person singular indicative form is not (deprecated template usage) wits but (deprecated template usage) wot  ; the plural indicative forms conform to the infinitive: (deprecated template usage) we wit, (deprecated template usage) ye wit, (deprecated template usage) they wit.

wit (alternative form witte; comparative witter; superlative witst)

1. White.

wit Template:n

1. White.

From Template:GEM. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "lang" should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., from Template:IE. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "lang" should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ine" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., a suffixed form of (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "lang" should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ine" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (see (deprecated template usage) wē). Cognate with Old Norse (deprecated template usage) vit, Gothic (deprecated template usage) 𐍅𐌹𐍄 (wit), and Lithuanian (deprecated template usage) vèdu.

• Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/wɪt/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:SAMPA

wit Template:personal

1. We two; nominative dual form of iċ.

Common Template:GEM. (deprecated template usage) widaz, whence also Old English (deprecated template usage) wīd and Old Norse (deprecated template usage) víðr.

wīt

1. Wide.