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Witty :: Witty (n.) Especially, possessing wit or humor; good at repartee; droll; facetious; sometimes, sarcastic; as, a witty remark, poem, and the like..

Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with

Facet :: Facet (n.) A little face; a small, plane surface; as, the facets of a diamond..

Humorously :: Humorously (adv.) Facetiously; wittily.

Facet :: Facet (n.) The narrow plane surface between flutings of a column.

Polymeniscous :: Polymeniscous (a.) Having numerous facets; -- said of the compound eyes of insects and crustaceans.

Humor :: Humor (n.) That quality of the imagination which gives to ideas an incongruous or fantastic turn, and tends to excite laughter or mirth by ludicrous images or representations; a playful fancy; facetiousness..

Facetious :: Facetious (a.) Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular; as, a facetious companion..

Crown :: Crown (n.) The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

Facet :: Facet (n.) A smooth circumscribed surface; as, the articular facet of a bone..

Facette :: Facette (n.) See Facet, n..

Faceted :: Faceted (a.) Having facets.

Humorist :: Humorist (n.) One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.

Facetious :: Facetious (a.) Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter; as, a facetious story or reply..

Rose-cut :: Rose-cut (a.) Cut flat on the reverse, and with a convex face formed of triangular facets in rows; -- said of diamonds and other precious stones. See Rose diamond, under Rose. Cf. Brilliant, n..

Pane :: Pane (n.) One of the flat surfaces, or facets, of any object having several sides..

Pane :: Pane (n.) One of the eight facets surrounding the table of a brilliant cut diamond.

Cool :: Cool (superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount..

Humorousness :: Humorousness (n.) Facetiousness; jocularity.

Skive :: Skive (n.) The iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.

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