Riposte (noun)
rip-ost
A quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism.
Early 18th century from French risposte (noun), risposter (verb), from Italian risposta ‘response’.
Example sentences
“she was back with a witty riposte before he had chance to catch his breath.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
