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The word dicaciter could not be parsed. Trying a normal dictionary lookup:

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dĭcācĭtas, ātis, f. [dicax], biting wit, raillery, banter (for syn. cf.: sal, facetiae, cavillatio, lepos, urbanitas): dicacitas sine dubio a dicendo, quod est omni generi commune, ducta est; proprie tamen significat sermonem cum risu aliquos incessentem, Quint. 6, 3, 21; cf. Cic. de Or. 2, 54, 218; 2, 60, 244; id. Or. 26; Quint. 6, 3, 29 al.