English Explanatory Dictionary

thersitical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Scurrilous, grossly defamatory
  2. Caustic, obscenely and tactlessly abusive
adj
  1. Alternative form of thersitical.

Word forms

thersitical more thersitical most thersitical

Etymology

After Thersites, a minor character in the Iliad who slandered and mocked Agamemnon.

Related words

Thersitean thersite
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