sardonicadj.

Brit.

/sɑːˈdɒnɪk/, U.S.

/sɑrˈdɑnɪk/

Forms: Also 1600s sardonick, sardanique.

Etymology: < French sardonique (16th cent.) = Spanish sardónico , Portuguese sardonico , Italian sardonico , as if < Latin *sardonicus , an alteration (by substitution of suffix: see -ic suffix) of sardonius : see sardonian adj. and n.Hobbes's form sardanique is assimilated to Greek σαρδάνιος : see sardonian adj.

a. Of laughter, a smile: Bitter, scornful, mocking. Hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: Characterized by or exhibiting bitterness, scorn or mockery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective]

satiric1509

satirien1509

satiricala1529

ironical1536

dry1542

Lucianical1561

satirial1579

sardonian1586

ironized1596

sarcasmical1602

ironic1614

Sardinian?1615

sardoin1633

sardonic1638

sarcastical1641

sardan1649

sarcasmous1663

sarcastic1695

witty1700

sarcasmatical1716

caustic1771

nippit1808

Lucianic1820

sardonican1837

quippy1859

sardonical1859

quipsome1881

sarky1912

Lucianesque1969

1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 190 He..gives a Sardonick smile to think how blest hee was in this attonement.

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xx. 276 Then smil'd Ulysses a Sardanique smile.

1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 29. ⁋10 The Horse-Laugh, or the Sardonic, is made use of with great Success in all kinds of Disputation.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 3 Our cousin received the proposal with a true Sardonic grin.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iv. 107 The knight meanwhile darted a sardonic look..on his nephew.

1830 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 23 His countenance, strangely twisted into Sardonic wrinkles.

1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism v. 119 The sardonic historian, whose rule it is to exhibit human nature always as an object of mockery.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life v. 68 The favourite drama of the Burattini appears to be a sardonic farce, in which the chief character..deludes other..puppets into trusting him, and then beats them.

1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals x. 251 We see a trace of this same expression [the sneer] in what is called a derisive or sardonic smile.

1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. ii. 27 He would have found exercise for dramatic sympathy and sardonic humour.

b. Pathology. (See quot. 1897¹.)

ΚΠ

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 332 The nostrils are drawn upward, and the cheeks backwards toward the ears, so that the whole countenance assumes the air of a cynic spasm or sardonic grin.

1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Risus sardonicus, sardonic grin. The involuntary, convulsive drawing down of the angles of the month in Tetanus.

1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Risus sardonicus, Sardonic laugh. See Risus sardonicus.

Compounds

sardonic-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1921 D. H. Lawrence Tortoises 29 She is..A little sardonic-looking, as if domesticity had driven her to it.

Derivatives

sarˈdonicism n. the quality or state of being sardonic; an instance of this; a sardonic remark.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [noun] > quality of

satiricalnessa1661

sarcasticalness1710

causticity1785

quipsomeness1881

sarcasticness1903

sardonicism1928

sardony1935

sarkiness1965

1928 Daily Express 6 Jan. 8/3 The old Spartan régime has gone, but there is a relentlessness about the public school system that engenders secret terrors at every turn. It may be the fear of ridicule, or the sardonicisms of a satiric master, or one of a dozen things.

1930 W. de la Mare On the Edge 197 A corrosive sardonicism had come into her voice.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet ii. i. 100 He would speculate now and then with cold sardonicism.

1964 Listener 29 Oct. 667/2 Because familiarity with the role has made Sean Connery feel able to play Bond more relaxedly, an agreeable sardonicism has been added to the earlier deliberately overdone Superman masculinity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sardonic
释义	sardonicadj. Brit. /sɑːˈdɒnɪk/, U.S. /sɑrˈdɑnɪk/ Forms: Also 1600s sardonick, sardanique. Etymology: < French sardonique (16th cent.) = Spanish sardónico , Portuguese sardonico , Italian sardonico , as if < Latin sardonicus , an alteration (by substitution of suffix: see -ic suffix) of sardonius* : see sardonian adj. and n.Hobbes's form sardanique is assimilated to Greek σαρδάνιος : see sardonian adj. a. Of laughter, a smile: Bitter, scornful, mocking. Hence of a person, personal attribute, etc.: Characterized by or exhibiting bitterness, scorn or mockery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective] satiric1509 satirien1509 satiricala1529 ironical1536 dry1542 Lucianical1561 satirial1579 sardonian1586 ironized1596 sarcasmical1602 ironic1614 Sardinian?1615 sardoin1633 sardonic1638 sarcastical1641 sardan1649 sarcasmous1663 sarcastic1695 witty1700 sarcasmatical1716 caustic1771 nippit1808 Lucianic1820 sardonican1837 quippy1859 sardonical1859 quipsome1881 sarky1912 Lucianesque1969 1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 190 He..gives a Sardonick smile to think how blest hee was in this attonement. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xx. 276 Then smil'd Ulysses a Sardanique smile. 1713 R. Steele Guardian No. 29. ⁋10 The Horse-Laugh, or the Sardonic, is made use of with great Success in all kinds of Disputation. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. i. 3 Our cousin received the proposal with a true Sardonic grin. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. iv. 107 The knight meanwhile darted a sardonic look..on his nephew. 1830 T. Carlyle in Foreign Rev. Jan. 23 His countenance, strangely twisted into Sardonic wrinkles. 1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism v. 119 The sardonic historian, whose rule it is to exhibit human nature always as an object of mockery. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life v. 68 The favourite drama of the Burattini appears to be a sardonic farce, in which the chief character..deludes other..puppets into trusting him, and then beats them. 1872 C. Darwin Expression Emotions Man & Animals x. 251 We see a trace of this same expression [the sneer] in what is called a derisive or sardonic smile. 1878 P. Bayne Chief Actors Puritan Revol. ii. 27 He would have found exercise for dramatic sympathy and sardonic humour. b. Pathology. (See quot. 1897¹.) ΚΠ 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. III. 332 The nostrils are drawn upward, and the cheeks backwards toward the ears, so that the whole countenance assumes the air of a cynic spasm or sardonic grin. 1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Risus sardonicus, sardonic grin. The involuntary, convulsive drawing down of the angles of the month in Tetanus. 1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Risus sardonicus, Sardonic laugh. See Risus sardonicus. Compounds sardonic-looking adj. ΚΠ 1921 D. H. Lawrence Tortoises 29 She is..A little sardonic-looking, as if domesticity had driven her to it. Derivatives sarˈdonicism n. the quality or state of being sardonic; an instance of this; a sardonic remark. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [noun] > quality of satiricalnessa1661 sarcasticalness1710 causticity1785 quipsomeness1881 sarcasticness1903 sardonicism1928 sardony1935 sarkiness1965 1928 Daily Express 6 Jan. 8/3 The old Spartan régime has gone, but there is a relentlessness about the public school system that engenders secret terrors at every turn. It may be the fear of ridicule, or the sardonicisms of a satiric master, or one of a dozen things. 1930 W. de la Mare On the Edge 197 A corrosive sardonicism had come into her voice. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet ii. i. 100 He would speculate now and then with cold sardonicism. 1964 Listener 29 Oct. 667/2 Because familiarity with the role has made Sean Connery feel able to play Bond more relaxedly, an agreeable sardonicism has been added to the earlier deliberately overdone Superman masculinity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1638
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