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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

prontezza di spirito

Pronunciation / Transliteration: prontezza di spirito

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Repartee/ˌrɛp.ɑːrˈtiː/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #9500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La sua prontezza di spirito ha divertito tutti."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments and replies.

    "The interview was a brilliant display of political repartee."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French noun 'repartie', meaning 'a quick, witty reply', which stems from the verb 'repartir' (to set off again, to reply promptly). Entering the English lexicon in the late 17th century, it retained its theatrical and aristocratic connotations of clever, verbal fencing.

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