asteism
English
Etymology
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστεῖος (asteîos, “of the town; urbane”), from ἄστυ (ástu, “town”). Compare Greek αστεϊσμός (asteïsmós).
Noun
asteism (countable and uncountable, plural asteisms)
- Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another.
See also
- asteistic
Anagrams
- miseats, samites, tamises