wit

wit /wÇt/ n

၁။ (က) [U] ဟာသဉာဏ်။ have a biting/ dry/ lively/ quick wit ❍ a book full of the wit and wisdom of her 30 years in politics.
(ခ) [C] ဟာသဉာဏ်ရှိသူ။ a well-known wit and raconteur.
၂။ [U] (also wits [pl]) ဇဝနဉာဏ်။ လျင်ဉာဏ်။ အသိဉာဏ်။ a battle of wits ❍ be frightened/ scared/ terrified out of one's wits (ie very frightened) ❍ a chance to pit your wits against (ie compete with) our current quiz champion ❍ It should not be beyond the wit of man to resolve this dispute. See also HALFWIT
❏ at one's wits' end [IDM ] ကြံရာမရဖြစ်သည်။ I'm at my wits' end worrying about how to pay the bills.
❏ have/ keep one's wits about one [IDM ] နား၊ မျက်စိ ရှင်ရှင်ထားသည်။ You need to keep your wits about you when you're driving in London.
❏ to wit [IDM ] (dated fml ) ဆိုလိုသည်မှာ။ He seems to have rejected or ignored the committee's main point, to wit, the need for a larger market for coal.
❏ witless adj မိုက်မဲသော။ တုံးသော။ သတိလက်လွတ်။ a witless remark ❍ be bored/ scared witless.
❏ -witted (forming compound adjs ) ဉာဏ်… သော။ dim-witted ❍ sharp-witted. See also QUICK-WITTED
❏ witticism /'wÇtÇsÇzǝm/ n ဟာသမြောက်သော စကား။
❏ witty adj (-ier, -iest ) ဟာသဉာဏ်ရွှင်သော။ a witty speaker/ remark. wittily /-Çli/ adv