FIVE WITS

Domain	Definition
Literature	Five Wits (1) Common sense, (2) imagination, (3) fantasy, (4) estimation, and (5) memory. Common sense is the outcome of the five senses; imagination is the "wit" of the mind; fantasy is imagination united with judgment; estimation estimates the absolute, such as time, space, locality, and so on; and memory is the "wit" of recalling past events. "Four of his five wits went halting off." Shakespeare: Much Ado, etc., i.1. "These are the five witts removyng inwardly: First, `Common witte,' and then `Ymagination,' `Fantasy,' and `Estimation' truely. And `Memory.' " Stephen Hawes: The Passe-tyme of Plesure (1515). Notwithstanding this quotation, probably the Five Wits mean the wits of the five senses. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Crosswords: FIVE WITS

English words defined with "FIVE WITS": The five wits. (references)

Specialty definitions using "FIVE WITS": Wits. (references)

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Expression: FIVE WITS

Modern Translation: FIVE WITS

Language		Translations for "FIVE WITS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		öt érzékszerv. (various references)

Pig Latin		ivefay itsway
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Anagrams: FIVE WITS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-f-i-i-s-t-v-w"
	-2 letters: swivet.
	-3 letters: feist, fives, ivies, swift, swive, views, visit, wefts, wifes, wites, wives.
	-4 letters: efts, fets, fist, fits, five, iwis, seif, sift, site, stew, tews, ties, vest, vets, vies, view, vise, weft, west, wets, wife, wise, wist, wite, wits, wive.
	-5 letters: efs, eft, fet, few, fie, fit, ifs, its, sei, set, sew, sit, tew.
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Expression using "FIVE WITS": The five wits. Additional references.
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