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• sarcasm — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ biting, bitter, heavy ▪ obvious ▪ dry (esp. AmE) ▪ I love him for his cutting wit and dry sarcasm. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• bitter — adj. 1 angry/unhappy VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem, sound ▪ become, grow, turn ▪ He had grown bitter as the years passed …   Collocations dictionary

• sarcasm — noun Etymology: French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from sark , sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwarəs to cut Date: 1550 1. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sarcasm — /sahr kaz euhm/, n. 1. harsh or bitter derision or irony. 2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark: a review full of sarcasms. [1570 80; < LL sarcasmus < Gk sarkasmós, deriv. of sarkázein to rend (flesh), sneer; see SARCO ] Syn. 1 …   Universalium

• sarcasm — sar•casm [[t]ˈsɑr kæz əm[/t]] n. 1) harsh or bitter derision or irony 2) a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark • Etymology: 1570–80; < LL sarcasmus < Gk sarkasmós, der. of sarkázein to rend (flesh), sneer; see sarco syn: See… …   From formal English to slang

• sarcasm — /ˈsakæzəm / (say sahkazuhm) noun 1. harsh or bitter derision or irony. 2. an ironical taunt or gibe; a sneering or cutting remark. {Late Latin sarcasmus, from Late Greek sarkasmos sneer} …  

• sarcasm — n. 1 a bitter or wounding remark. 2 a taunt, esp. one ironically worded. 3 language consisting of such remarks. 4 the faculty of using this. Derivatives: sarcastic adj. sarcastically adv. Etymology: F sarcasme or f. LL sarcasmus f. late Gk… …   Useful english dictionary

• irony, satire, sarcasm — Each of these words indicates ridicule, contempt, or mockery of someone or something. Irony is a figure of speech in which the literal (exact, denotative) meaning of a word or statement is the opposite of that intended. Cicero defined irony as… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• Desiderius Erasmus —     Desiderius Erasmus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Desiderius Erasmus     The most brilliant and most important leader of German humanism, b. at Rotterdam, Holland, 28 October, probably in 1466; d. at Basle, Switzerland, 12 July, 1536. He was… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth To Twentieth Century) —     Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century)     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Latin Literature in Christianity (Sixth to Twentieth Century)     During the Middle Ages the so called church Latin was to a great extent the language …   Catholic encyclopedia

• HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization …   Encyclopedia of Judaism