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SARCASTICAL

Definition: SARCASTICAL

SARCASTICAL

Adjective

1. Expressing, or expressed by, sarcasm; characterized by, or of the nature of, sarcasm; given to the use of sarcasm; bitterly satirical; scornfully severe; taunting.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "SARCASTICAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

Modern Translations: SARCASTICAL

Language Translations for "SARCASTICAL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

讽刺 (ironical, sarcasm, sarcastic, satire, satiric, satirical). (various references)

   

French

  

sarcastique (sarcastic). (various references)

   

German

  

sarkastische. (various references)

   

Korean 

  

빈 거리" (sarcastic). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arcasticalsay.(various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

саркастичний (acrimonious, mordant, sarcastic, scoffing), глузливий (derisive, derisory, quizzical, sarcastic, satirical). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: SARCASTICAL

Derivations

Words beginning with "SARCASTICAL": sarcastically. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: SARCASTICAL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-c-i-l-r-s-s-t"

-2 letters: salariats, sarcastic.

-3 letters: acrasias, calcaria, caracals, cascaras, clastics, salariat.

-4 letters: acacias, acrasia, alcaics, arctics, aristas, ascaris, astasia, astrals, calcars, caracal, carcass, caritas, cascara, casitas, cassata, cicalas, citrals, classic, clastic, crissal, lariats, lascars, latrias, racists, rascals, sacrals, sacrist, sataras, scalars, talaria, tarsals, tarsias.

-5 letters: acacia, alcaic, altars, arctic, arista, assail, astral, atrial, calcar, carats, casita, cassia, cicala, citral, clasts, craals, crasis, crissa, crista, lactic, lariat, lascar, latria, racial, racist, rascal, ratals, riatas, rictal, sacral, satara, scalar, scarts, sistra, sitars, stairs, talars, tarsal, tarsia, tiaras, ticals, trails, triacs, trials.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-c-i-l-r-s-s-t"
 

+2 letters: sarcastically.

 

+4 letters: thalassocracies.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: SARCASTICAL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 41 52 43 41 53 54 49 43 41 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

...    .-    .-.    -.-.    .-    ...    -    ..    -.-.    .-    .-..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01000001 01010010 01000011 01000001 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000011 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#65 &#82 &#67 &#65 &#83 &#84 &#73 &#67 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0041 0052 0043 0041 0053 0054 0049 0043 0041 004C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5335523735535443373546

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Derivations
4. Anagrams
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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