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Meaning of wits

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

wits

Pronunciation:/wɪts/

noun

Definitions

  1. (now usually in the plural) Sanity.

    Example: He's gone completely out of his wits.

  2. (obsolete usually in the plural) The senses.

  3. Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.

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

  4. The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.

    Example: My father had a quick wit and a steady hand.

noun

Definitions

  1. Senses.

  2. Sanity