Wit

Definition

wit /wÇt/ n ၁။ (က) [U] ဟာသဉာဏ္။ have a biting/ dry/ lively/ quick wit ❍ a book full of the wit and wisdom of her 30 years in politics. (ခ) [C] ဟာသဉာဏ္ရိွသူ။ a well-known wit and raconteur. ၂။ [U] (also wits [pl]) ဇဝနဉာဏ္။ လ်င္ဉာဏ္။ အသိဉာဏ္။ 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 ] ႀကံရာမရျဖစ္သည္။ I'm at my wits' end worrying about how to pay the bills. ❏ have/ keep one's wits about one [ IDM ] နား၊ မ်က္စိ ရွင္ရွင္ထားသည္။ You need to keep your wits about you when you're driving in London. ❏ to wit [ IDM ] ( dated fml ) ဆိုလိုသည္မွာ။ He seems to have rejected or ignored the committee's main point, to wit, the need for a larger market for coal. ❏ witless adj မိုက္မဲေသာ။ တံုးေသာ။ သတိလက္လြတ္။ a witless remark ❍ be bored/ scared witless. ❏ -witted (forming compound adjs ) ဉာဏ္… ေသာ။ dim-witted ❍ sharp-witted. See also QUICK-WITTED ❏ witticism /'wÇtÇsÇzǝm/ n ဟာသေျမာက္ေသာ စကား။ ❏ witty adj ( -ier, -iest ) ဟာသဉာဏ္ရႊင္ေသာ။ a witty speaker/ remark. wittily /-Çli/ adv

Examples

1. He is a man of great wit
2. sensitivity
3. and passion.
4. [a dry/biting/acerbic/caustic wit] : Perelman was known for his acerbic wit.
5. A celebrated wit
6. The original film had both wit and poignancy.
7. [quick wits] : A young hero admired for his courage and quick wits
8. [gather/collect your wits] : Claudia paused
9. trying to gather her wits enough to reply.
10. [keep/have your wits about you] : Keep your wits about you at all times.
11. You’d think they’d have the wit to send someone who could speak the language.