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	:A man jailed for gambling complained that "The mayor has imprisoned me for gambling with my own money. What on earth would he have done to me if I had gambled with his?"		:A man jailed for gambling complained that "The mayor has imprisoned me for gambling with my own money. What on earth would he have done to me if I had gambled with his?"



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Examples of Italian Renaissance Wit

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	:A man when asked why the hair on his head was white, and yet his beard was black replied that this was not particularly surprising as the hair in his beard was twenty years younger.		:A man when asked why the hair on his head was white, and yet his beard was black replied that this was not particularly surprising as the hair in his beard was twenty years younger.

	:A man jailed for ~~gamling~~ complained that "The mayor has imprisoned me for gambling with my own money. What on earth would he have done to me if I had gambled with his?"		:A man jailed for gambling complained that "The mayor has imprisoned me for gambling with my own money. What on earth would he have done to me if I had gambled with his?"

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	A '''wit''' is one gifted at cunning repartee, [[pun]]s and wordplay, as in ''If they said he was a wit, they'd be half right''.		A '''wit''' is one gifted at cunning repartee, [[pun]]s and wordplay, as in ''If they said he was a wit, they'd be half right''.

	It is also used to describe a more refined form of humour. Wit, as opposed to its coarser cousins such as ''ribaldry'', was particularly popular in [[Renaissance]] [[Italy]].		Wit is also used to describe a more refined form of humour. Wit, as opposed to its coarser cousins such as ''ribaldry'', was particularly popular in [[Renaissance]] [[Italy]].

	==Examples of Italian Renaissance Wit==		==Examples of Italian Renaissance Wit==
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	:A man when asked why the hair on his head was white, and yet his beard was black replied that this was not particularly surprising as the hair in his beard was twenty years younger.		:A man when asked why the hair on his head was white, and yet his beard was black replied that this was not particularly surprising as the hair in his beard was twenty years younger.

	:A ~~jailed~~ man jailed for gamling complained that "The mayor has imprisoned me for gambling with my own money. What on earth would he have done to me if I had gambled with his?"		:A man jailed for gamling complained that "The mayor has imprisoned me for gambling with my own money. What on earth would he have done to me if I had gambled with his?"

Conrad Leviston: examples

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	~~One~~ gifted at cunning repartee, [[pun]]s and wordplay.		A '''wit''' is one gifted at cunning repartee, [[pun]]s and wordplay, as in ''If they said he was a wit, they'd be half right''.

			It is also used to describe a more refined form of humour. Wit, as opposed to its coarser cousins such as ''ribaldry'', was particularly popular in [[Renaissance]] [[Italy]].
	'If they said he was a wit, they'd be half right'.

			==Examples of Italian Renaissance Wit==

			:A man when asked why the hair on his head was white, and yet his beard was black replied that this was not particularly surprising as the hair in his beard was twenty years younger.

			:A jailed man jailed for gamling complained that "The mayor has imprisoned me for gambling with my own money. What on earth would he have done to me if I had gambled with his?"

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			One gifted at cunning repartee, [[pun]]s and wordplay.
	The ability to perceive and express in an ingeniously humorous manner the relationship between seemingly incongruous or disparate things.

	Also, one noted for this ability, especially one skilled in [[repartee]].
			'If they said he was a wit, they'd be half right'.
	A person of exceptional intelligence.

Morgant at 14:46, 4 August 2003

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	The ability to perceive and express in an ingeniously humorous manner the relationship between seemingly incongruous or disparate things.		The ability to perceive and express in an ingeniously humorous manner the relationship between seemingly incongruous or disparate things.
	~~One~~ noted for this ability, especially one skilled in [[repartee]].		Also, one noted for this ability, especially one skilled in [[repartee]].
	A person of exceptional intelligence.		A person of exceptional intelligence.

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The ability to perceive and express in an ingeniously humorous manner the relationship between seemingly incongruous or disparate things.
One noted for this ability, especially one skilled in [[repartee]].
A person of exceptional intelligence.