asteism

词形变化

asteisms 复数 asteisms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

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词源

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

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