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ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from French sarcasme, or via late Latin from late Greek sarkasmos, from Greek sarkazein ‘tear flesh,’ in late Greek ‘gnash the teeth, speak bitterly’ from sarx, sark- ‘flesh’ .
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o.blaggard commented on the word sarkazein
Greek “to tear flesh” relative of sarcasm and sarcophagus, referring to the limestone coffins which would rapidly decompose the bodies they held
March 16, 2023