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sarcastical, a.|sɑːˈkæstɪkəl|
[Formed as prec.: see -ical.]
= prec.
1641‘Smectymnuus’ Vind. Answ. §2 Such a sarcasticall Declaration. 1697S. Patrick Comm. Exod. v. 17 Nothing could be more Sarcastical, than to tell them they were idle, when they sunk under their Burdens. 1756P. Pott Treat. Ruptures vi. Wks. II. 123 He will be inclined to believe the sarcastical distinction between cures, and escapes, not ill⁓founded. 1834Gentl. Mag. CIV. i. 185 The active and sarcastical mockery of the ruthless tyrant upon its victims. 1877Mrs. Forrester Mignon I. i. 14 ‘You mean that to be sarcastical’, she laughs.
Hence sarˈcasticalness.
1709Mrs. Manley Secret Mem. (1720) III. 244, I could never give my self a Reason why the Ephesian Matron of Petronius should please so much, unless it were for the Sarcasticalness. |