sardonicanadj.
Error for sardonian adj.
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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
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sardonic1638
sarcastical1641
sardan1649
sarcasmous1663
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witty1700
sarcasmatical1716
caustic1771
nippit1808
Lucianic1820
sardonican1837
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sardonical1859
quipsome1881
sarky1912
Lucianesque1969
1794 T. Taylor tr. Pausanias Descr. Greece III. 149 Homer first, and others after him, call laughter, which conceals some noxious design, Sardonian.]
1837 C. Richardson New Dict. Eng. Lang. II Sardonican [quoting this as ‘Sardonican’]. [Hence in Encycl. Dict., Cent. Dict., Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1911).]
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