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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

asteism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
asteism
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἀστεῖος

Usage

Inflected Forms

asteisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

asteistic

Questions

What does asteism mean?
Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another.
Where does asteism come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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