acudit

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Etymology[edit]

From acudir.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

acudit m (plural acudits)

  1. witticism (a witty remark)
    • 2020 September 21, David Miró, “Quantes notícies caben en un diari?”, in Ara[1]:
      Hi ha un vell acudit del New York Times on un home amb el diari desplegat li diu a un altre: “Te n’has adonat que cada dia passen les notícies justes per omplir un diari?”
      There's an old witticism from the New York Times where a man with an unfolded newspaper tells another, "Have you realized that every day the news happens just to fill a newspaper?"
  2. joke told as a short story

Participle[edit]

acudit (feminine acudida, masculine plural acudits, feminine plural acudides)

  1. past participle of acudir

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