Collins English-English Dictionary

wit [wɪt]

1. 1. n the talent or quality of using unexpected associations between contrasting or disparate words or ideas to make a clever humorous effect

2. 2. n speech or writing showing this quality

3. 3. n a person possessing, showing, or noted for such an ability, esp in repartee

4. 4. n practical intelligence (esp in the phrase have the wit to)

5. 5. n [Scot and northern English] [dialect] information or knowledge (esp in the phrase get wit of)

6. 6. n [archaic] mental capacity or a person possessing it

7. 7. n [obsolete] the mind or memory

8. 8. n See also wits

9. 9. n [Etymology] Old English witt; related to Old Saxon giwitt, Old High German wizzi (German Witz), Old Norse vit, Gothic witi. See wit²

wit [wɪt]

1. 1. vb [archaic] to be or become aware of (something)

2. 2. adv [Etymology] Old English witan; related to Old High German wizzan (German wissen), Old Norse vita, Latin videre to see