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sar‧don‧ic /sɑrˈdɒnɪk/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sahr-don-ik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
-adjective
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
[Origin: 1630-40; alter. of earlier sardonian (influenced by F sardonique) < L sardoni(us) (< Gk sardónios of Sardinia) + -an; alluding to a Sardinian plant which when eaten was supposed to produce convulsive laughter ending in death]
-Related forms
sar‧don‧i‧cal‧ly, adverb
sar‧don‧i‧cism, noun
-adjective
characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin.
[Origin: 1630-40; alter. of earlier sardonian (influenced by F sardonique) < L sardoni(us) (< Gk sardónios of Sardinia) + -an; alluding to a Sardinian plant which when eaten was supposed to produce convulsive laughter ending in death]
-Related forms
sar‧don‧i‧cal‧ly, adverb
sar‧don‧i‧cism, noun