asteism

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Definition of asteism

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noun

(countable, uncountable)Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another.

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστεῖος (asteîos, “of the town; urbane”), from ἄστυ (ástu, “town”). Compare Greek αστεϊσμός (asteïsmós).

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