Sardonian

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adjective

Sardonic.

OriginLatin sardonius ← Ancient Greek Σαρδόνιος →
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Meanings

adjectiveSardonian (comparative more Sardonian, superlative most Sardonian)

comparative more Sardonian · superlative most Sardonian

  1. obsoleteSardonic.

    He gan with guilefull words her to perswade / To banish feare; and, with Sardonian smyle / Laughing on her, his false intent to shade, / Gan forth to lay his bayte […]

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

  1. Ancient GreekΣαρδόνιος“Sardinian”
  2. Latinsardonius
  3. EnglishSardonian

From Latin sardonius, from Ancient Greek Σαρδόνιος (Sardónios, “Sardinian”), earlier σαρδάνιος (sardánios).

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APA

Sardonian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sardonian

MLA

“Sardonian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sardonian. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sardonian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sardonian.

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