different between resplendent vs witty

English

Alternative forms

• resplendant (obsolete)

Etymology

From the obsolete sense of the English verb splendish (“to shine”), from Latin splendere (“to shine”), or from resplend +? -ent, from Latin resplendere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???spl?n.d?nt/

Adjective

resplendent (comparative more resplendent, superlative most resplendent)

1. Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
2. (mathematics) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

Related terms

• resplend
• splendid
• splendor

Translations

See also

• resplendid (misspelling)

Latin

Verb

resplendent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of resplende?

English

Etymology

From Middle English witty, witti, from Old English witti? (“clever, wise”), equivalent to wit +? -y,See Norwegian Bokmål vettig.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w?ti/, [?w??i]
• Rhymes: -?ti

Adjective

witty (comparative wittier, superlative wittiest)

1. (obsolete) Wise, having good judgement.

   • Then cam there a lady that was a wytty lady, and she seyde playnly unto the Kyng […] that he sholde never be hole but yf that Sir Trystrames wente into the same contrey than the venym came fro, and in that contrey sholde he be holpyn, other ellys never.

2. (archaic) Possessing a strong intellect or intellectual capacity; intelligent, skilful, ingenious.
3. Clever; amusingly ingenious.

4. Full of wit.

5. Quick of mind; insightful; in possession of wits.

Synonyms

• facetious
• humorous
• jocose
• jocular
• quick
• lively
• See also Thesaurus:witty

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