Repartee (noun)
re-par-tee/tay
A quick, witty reply./ A conversation full of such replies.
1635–45; French repartie retort, noun use of feminine past participle of repartir, Middle French, equivalent to re- re- + partir to part
Example sentences
“Her repartee was both interesting, and amusing.”
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