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Thersitical, a. rare.|θɜːˈsɪtɪkəl|
[f. Gr. θερσίτης Thersites (‘the Audacious’), an ill-tongued Greek at the siege of Troy + -ical.]
Like Thersites in language or address; abusive, reviling, scurrilous. So Thersitean |θɜːsɪˈtiːən| a. rare—1.
1650Bulwer Anthropomet. 4 With a Thersitical head and heart. 1767Sterne Tr. Shandy IX. xiv, There is a pelting kind of Thersitical satire, as black as the very ink 'tis wrote with. 1908Daily Chron. 28 July 4/4 Adding a string of Thersitean scurrilities unfit for publication. |