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Sardonic
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Meaning
Adj
●
Scornfully
mocking
or cynical.
●
In Comedy:
Disdainfully or
ironically
humorous.
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Origin
sardonic
English
sardonique
French
''[[sardonicus]] [[risus]]''
Latin
sardonius
Latin
σαρδόνιος
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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