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Definition of: sardonic
(sär·don′ik) adjective
Scornful or derisive; sneering; mocking; cynical. [<F sardonique <L sardonius <Gk. sardonios <sardanios bitter, scornful; infl. in form by Sardō Sardinia, because thought to be <sardanē, a bitter plant of Sardinia causing fatal, laughterlike convulsions]
—sar·don′i·cal·ly adverb
—sar·don′i·cism noun
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