sar·don·ic
[sahr-don-ik] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering: a sardonic grin. |
[Origin: 1630–40; alter. of earlier sardonian (influenced by F sardonique) sardoni(us) (sardónios of Sardinia) + -an; alluding to a Sardinian plant which when eaten was supposed to produce convulsive laughter ending in death]
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