REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a c… — The Devil's Dictionary
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REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of words, the tactics of the North American Indian.
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