sardonic

  • 121sardonian — (ˈ)sär|dōnēən adjective Etymology: Middle French sardonien, from Greek sardonios sardonic + Middle French ien ian archaic : sardonic …

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  • 122sardonicism —  ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷nəˌsizəm noun ( s) : sardonic quality or humor speaks her lines with impeccable artifice and gets all the withering sardonicism out of them Brooks Atkinson * * * sardonˈicism / i sizm/ noun • • • Main Entry: ↑sardonic …

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  • 123Sardonian — Sar*do ni*an, a. [Cf. F. sardonien.] Sardonic. [Obs.] With Sardonian smile. Spenser. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 124irony — noun (plural nies) Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirōnia, from eirōn dissembler Date: 1502 1. a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit… …

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  • 125sardonicism — noun Date: 1926 sardonic quality or humor …

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  • 126saturnine — adjective Date: 15th century 1. born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn 2. a. cold and steady in mood ; slow to act or change b. of a gloomy or surly disposition c. having a sardonic aspect < a saturnine smile > Synonyms: see …

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  • 127sardonically — adverb see sardonic …

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  • 128Al Capp — Infobox Person name = Al Capp image size = 200px caption = Al Capp, Li l Abner, and Daisy Mae on a 1950 cover of Time Magazine birth date = birth date|1909|9|28|mf=y birth place = New Haven, Connecticut death date = death date and&#8230; …

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