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1. mental sharpness and inventiveness; keen intelligence:

〖具体例では可算〗機知, ウイット, とんち

e.g. he does not lack perception or native wit.

(wits) the intelligence required for normal activity; basic human intelligence:

〖～s〗 賢明さ, 知恵, 思考力, 聡明さ(連語quick, sharp, dry, ready)

e.g. he needed all his wits to figure out the way back.

2. a natural aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way to create humor:

e.g. a player with a sharp tongue and a quick wit.

a person who has an aptitude for using words and ideas in a quick and inventive way:

機知に富んだ人, ウイットのある人; 才人, 才子.

e.g. she is such a wit.

be overwhelmed with difficulties and at a loss as to what to do next.

be extremely frightened; be immobilized by fear.

allow oneself to think calmly and clearly in a demanding situation.

be constantly alert and vigilant.

earn money by clever and sometimes dishonest means, having no regular employment.

compete with (someone or something).

witted adjective

in combination : slow-witted

Old English wit(t), gewit(t), denoting the mind as the seat of consciousness, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weet and German Witz, also to wit2.

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verb (wot |wät| , witting; past and past participle wist |wist| ) no object

1. archaic have knowledge:

e.g. I addressed a few words to the lady you wot of

e.g. with object : I wot that but too well.

2. (to wit) that is to say (used to make clearer or more specific something already said or referred to):

｟やや古/かたく｠ すなわち.

e.g. the textbooks show an irritating parochialism, to wit an almost total exclusion of papers not in English.

Old English witan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch weten and German wissen, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit veda ‘knowledge’ and Latin videre ‘see’.