ASTEISM

Etymology

Noun

asteism (countable and uncountable, plural asteisms)

Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another.

Anagrams

• miseats, misseat, samites, tamises

Source: Wiktionary


As"te*ism, n. Etym: [Gr. astéisme.] (Rhet.)

Definition: Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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