witsome

witsome

English

Etymology

From wit +‎ -some.

Adjective

witsome (comparative more witsome, superlative most witsome)

1. Possessing wit; witty.
   • 1888, California Three Hundred and Fifty Years Ago

     The simple-minded Yonos seemed never to have learned that there was danger in delays, and therefore, not suspecting his purpose, they listened with patience to one pretext and another brought forward either by, or on behalf of, the witsome Manuelo, for the postponement of his marriage with the timid village maiden.

   • 1978, Michael Hastings, Sir Richard Burton: A Biography (page 22)

     […] a devoted doctor Mr Brettoneau, a certain the Honourable Martin Hawke who, it appears, filled his daily hours with sword-fencing and lessons in duelling, and a witsome Irishman called Mr Hume who led the Lieutenant-Colonel in numerous forays through Amboise Forest with loaded muskets in search of boars.