Definizione monolingua

repartee

repartee (third-person singular simple present repartees, present participle reparteeing, simple past and past participle reparteed)

1. To reply with a repartee
   • 1862, Various, The Continental Monthly^[1], Vol. 2 No 4:

     Aubrey speaks of him as incomparable at reparteeing, the bull that was bayted, his witt beinge most sparkling, when most set on and provoked.

2. To have a repartee (conversation marked by repartees)
   • 1913, Gouverneur Morris, The Penalty^[2]:

     To see them together, friendly, reparteeing, chummy, would turn your stomach--Barbara so exquisite and high-born, and the man, his eyes full of evil fires, sitting like a great toad on the models chair.

repartee (plural repartees)

1. A swift, witty retort.
2. A conversation marked by a series of witty retorts.
   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick

     Yet habit—strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?—Gayer sallies, more merry mirth, better jokes, and brighter repartees, you never heard over your mahogany...

Definizione dizionario repartee

Altri significati:

To reply with a repartee

A conversation marked by a series of witty retorts.

A swift, witty retort.

To have a repartee (conversation marked by repartees)