WIT

Wit

Wit is a one-act play written by American playwright Margaret Edson, which won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Edson used her work experience in a hospital as part of the inspiration for her play.

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wit

Noun

  1. Sanity.
  2. The senses.
  3. Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
  4. The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
  5. Intelligence; common sense.
  6. Spoken humour, especially when clever or quick.
  7. A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.

Verb


  1. Know, be aware of .
    You committed terrible actions — to wit, murder and theft — and should be punished accordingly.
    They are meddling in matters that men should not wit of.


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