From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1022 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Sunday, August 3 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1022 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: To Laura, njc [Laura Stanley ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 13:29:27 -0500 From: Laura Stanley Subject: Re: To Laura, njc http://i.word.com/idictionary/wit Main Entry: 2wit Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German wizzi knowledge, Old English witan to know Date: before 12th century 1 a : mind, memory b : reasoning power : intelligence 2 a : sense 2a busually used in plural b (1) : mental soundness: sanity busually used in plural (2): mental capability and resourcefulness : ingenuity 3 a : astuteness of perception or judgment: acumen b : the ability to relate seemingly disparate things so as to illuminate or amuse c (1) : a talent for banter or persiflage (2) : a witty utterance or exchange d : clever or apt humor 4 a : a person of superior intellect : thinker b : an imaginatively perceptive and articulate individual especially skilled in banter or persiflage "Wit is often just someone's convoluted emotions and thinking handed over to someone else to unravel....a terribly overvalued way of communication." Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1022 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------