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11performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
12witty — [[t]wɪ̱ti[/t]] wittier, wittiest ADJ GRADED Someone or something that is witty is amusing in a clever way. His plays were very good, very witty... He is one of those genuinely witty speakers to whom one could listen for hours. Derived words:… …
13Kundera, Milan — born April 1, 1929, Brno, Czech. Czech born French writer. He worked as a jazz musician and taught at Prague s film academy, but he gradually turned to writing. Though a member of the Communist Party for years, his works were banned after he… …
14Somerville and Ross — joint pseudonym of Edith Anna Oenone Somerville and Violet Florence Martin born May 2, 1858, Corfu, Greece died Oct. 8, 1949, Castlehaven, County Cork, Ire. born June 11, 1862, Ross House, County Galway, Ire. died Dec. 21, 1915, Cork, County Cork …
15poetry — It is a commonly acknowledged truism that reading and writing poetry are both valued and difficult exercises. Poetry has an important cultural position because it is often manifestly difficult, made so by the apparent obscurity of its… …
16SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE — The literary culture of the Scandinavian countries dates back about one millennium, the Danish, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish languages having developed on separate paths from the original Germanic root from about the ninth century.… …
17Humorously — Hu mor*ous*ly, adv. 1. Capriciously; whimsically. [1913 Webster] We resolve rashly, sillily, or humorously. Calamy. [1913 Webster] 2. Facetiously; wittily. [1913 Webster] …
18Ingeniously — In*gen ious*ly, adv. In an ingenious manner; with ingenuity; skillfully; wittily; cleverly. [1913 Webster] Too ingeniously politic. Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster] …
19witty — adjective (wittier; est) Date: before 12th century 1. archaic having good intellectual capacity ; intelligent 2. amusingly or ingeniously clever in conception or execution < the costumes are sumptuous and witty Virgil Thomson > < the musical… …
20banter — I. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1676 transitive verb 1. to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner 2. archaic delude 3. chiefly Southern & Midland challenge intransitive verb to …
