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sarcasm
1. Witty or harsh language used to convey insults or scorn.
2. A sharply ironical taunt; a sneering or cutting remark.
3. Etymology: from Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek sarkasmos, "a sneer, jest, taunt, mockery"; from sarkazein, "to speak bitterly, to sneer" literally, "to strip off the flesh", from sarx, sarkos, "flesh, a piece of meat".
2. A sharply ironical taunt; a sneering or cutting remark.
3. Etymology: from Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek sarkasmos, "a sneer, jest, taunt, mockery"; from sarkazein, "to speak bitterly, to sneer" literally, "to strip off the flesh", from sarx, sarkos, "flesh, a piece of meat".
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sarco-, sarc-, -sarcous, -sarc, -sarcoma, -sarcomatous, -sarcomatoid
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