Inside the Universes

'witticism'

[wit.n.01] as in: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Origins

					witticism (English)
├── -icism (English)
└── wnw (English)
    └── witan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
        └── wite (Old English (ca. 450-1100))