sarcastic.
Containing sarcasm.
Meaning & usage
Containing sarcasm.
a sarcastic quip
the teacher's sarcastic tone
Having the personality trait of expressing sarcasm.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *twerḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *túrḱs /*twérḱs Proto-Hellenic *súrks /*swə́rks Ancient Greek σᾰ́ρξ (sắrx) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ζω (-ắzō) Ancient Greek σᾰρκᾰ́ζω (sărkắzō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós)der. Late Latin sarcasmus English sarcasm Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -αστής (-astḗs)der. Latin -astabor. English -ast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -astic ▲ Late Latin sarcasmusbor. French sarcasme French sarcastiqueder. English sarcastic Either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”).
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