rejoinder
/ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The defendant's answer to the replication.
noun
A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question.
noun
Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
American usage
verb
To say as a rejoinder.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- ""76. ... P-R8(N) mate! Certainly not 76... P-R8(Q), though threatening mate on the move in seven different ways--as 77 Q-N5 mate would have been the painful rejoinder.""
- "I have passed perhaps more time than any other man of my age and country in visits and assemblies, where the polite persons of both sexes distinguish themselves; and could not without much grief observe how frequently both gentlemen and ladies are at a loss for questions, answers, replies, and rejoinders."
- ""I'm starting to-morrow. This is perhaps the last time we shall ever meet." I made an appropriate rejoinder, and he smiled wanly."
- "The simplest rejoinder to all of Daenerys’ justifications is that this bloodshed could have been avoided. She was given a moment to choose, and she chose blind vengeance, the kind that eliminates any benevolence she hoped to bring to the seven kingdoms by burning it right out of the minds of anyone who saw her astride Drogon, mowing down men, women, and children with abandon."
Etymology
From Middle English rejoinder, rejonder, rejoynder, from Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French. Doublet of rejoin.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *yewg-, rejoinder, rejoindre
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/
Usage
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
- Transitive verb