Reverse Dictionary: WIT

ADJECTIVES
1562 — LUCIANICAL pertaining to or characteristic of Lucian and his style (a Greek satirist and rhetorician); marked by a scoffing wit → obs.
1586 — CRADLE-WITTED having the wits of an infant → obs.
1600 — SALT of speech, wit, etc.: pungent, stinging
1603 — FACETE facetious, witty, humorous, pleasant, cheerful, gay → arch.
1619 — LEPID pleasant in speech or behaviour, jocose, facetious, amusing, witty
1656 — CALLENT crafty, witty, cunning or wise by experience → obs.
1664 — AIRY ingenious, witty
1687 — LUDICROUS given to jesting; trifling, frivolous; also, in a favourable sense, witty, humorous → obs.
1704 — SPARKLING lively, intelligent, and witty
1721 — AULD-FARRANT of persons and their ways, sayings, etc.: sagacious, prudent, knowing, cunning, clever, witty, ingenious → Sc.
1790 — GASH wise, sagacious, shrewd; witty, sharp → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1856 — QUIRKY playful, witty, merry, good-humoured → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1871 — LAMBENT of wit, etc.: playing lightly and brilliantly over its subjects; gracefully sportive
1892 — RUMGUMPTIOUS shrewd, sharp, witty → Eng. dial.
1967 — SMART-MOUTHED characterized by impudence or wit → US sl.
1996 — DRY AS A PRUNE very witty → Amer. dial. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
1619 — FACETELY in a witty or humorous manner; pleasantly → obs.
1773 — GASHLY shrewdly, smartly, wittily → Eng. dial.

NOUNS
..888 — I-WIT knowledge; understanding; wits, senses → obs.
1340 — CUNNING the faculty of knowing; wit, wisdom, intelligence → obs.
1400 — WANWIT lack of wit, foolishness → chiefly Sc. obs.
1529 — FACETIAE humorous sayings or writings; witticisms
1574 — SALT dry or laconic wit
1611 — SPARKLE vivacity or wit
1632 — DICTERY a witty saying or comment; a maxim → obs.
1647 — LEPIDITY facetiousness, wit, a jest, a joke → obs.
1670 — LATIN-WIT wit that depends for its quality on being expressed in Latin → obs.
1731 — SMART TALK clever, witty, or persuasive talk, esp. of an insincere nature
1826 — FUNNIMENT a comical action, remark, etc.; a joke, a witticism
1830 — SMARTISM smartness of speech; wittiness; a smart or witty saying
1838 — FUNNINESS a funny saying, a joke, etc.; a witticism
1839 — FUNNYISM a joke or witticism
1852 — FUNNY a joke, a witticism; usually in plural
1860 — BEL-ESPRIT wit, wittiness
1871 — FUNNIOSITY a comical action, remark, etc.; a joke, a witticism; also, a peculiarity, an oddity → colloq.
1871 — LAMBENCY brilliance and delicate play of wit or fancy
1893 — FLASH a burst of wit or merriment → sl. (Bk.)
1964 — THE SMARTS intelligence; cleverness, acumen, wits → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
1981 — BOUTADE a sally; witticism → Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
2003 — SNARK a caustic witticism → US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
1600 — LADY WIT a female wit
1638 — BEL-ESPRIT a clever genius; a brilliant wit
1678 — HALF-WIT one who is only half a wit; a dealer in poor witticisms → obs.
1713 — SPARKLER one who sparkles or shines in respect of beauty or accomplishments; esp. a vivacious, witty, or pretty young woman
1773 — DUNGEON a person regarded as a deep mine of wit, knowledge, learning, etc. → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1779 — FLASHER a high-flier; a fop; a pretender to wit → sl.
1786 — WAG-WIT a witty jesting fellow → Sc.
1787 — WAG-WITS a waggish person; a witty, jesting fellow → Sc.
..19C — DRYSIDES a witty, humorous man → Eng. dial.
1831 — THE SMART those who are neat, clever, witty, etc.; smart people or things as a class
1847 — SMARTY a person who is smart or witty, or who would like to be thought of as such → colloq., orig. US
.M19 — CHAFF-CUTTER a wit → sl.
1852 — WITLING a would-be wit → Eng. dial.
1867 — BEAUX ESPRITS men of wit or genius (Bk.)
1872 — BRIGHT SPARK a cheerful, alert person; a person of great intelligence, talent, or wit; a problem-solver, an innovator
1930 — SMART MOUTH belligerent, loud talk; disagreeable talk; a witty or sarcastic person → African-American sl.
1936 — MESS a witty, clever, or mischievous person; an objectionable or foolish person; an unruly or incorrigible person → Amer. dial. 
1945 — ASTHMA a company wit; one full of ‘wheezes’ (jokes) → World War II Amer. sl.
1949 — BLADE a young man, esp. one who believes himself socially adroit, sophisticated, and witty → Amer. sl. 
1950 — ACTRESS an egocentric show-off, but amusing and witty nonetheless → US homosexual sl.
2002 — SASSHOLE a sarcastic and witty person → US sl. 

VERBS
1400 — CAST ONE’S WITS to exercise or apply one’s wits → obs.
1698 — SPARKLE to be vivacious or witty
1936 — BOX CLEVER to behave cleverly; to use one’s wits → sl.