diasyrm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Describing something already petty or mean in words that make it seem even more so.

Word forms

diasyrm

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διασυρμός (diasurmós, “ridicule”), from διασύρω (diasúrō, “tear into peaces; disparage”), from σύρω (súrō).

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