carriwitchet

English

Alternative forms

• carwhichet
• carwitchet

Etymology

Possibly a humorous alteration of catechism.

Noun

carriwitchet (plural carriwitchets)

1. (rare) An absurd question; a quibble; a conundrum; a pun; a piece of jocularity or facetiousness.

Related terms

• carritch

References

• World Wide Words
• “carriwitchet”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.