| sard | <chemical> A variety of carnelian, of a rich reddish yellow or brownish red colour. See the Note under Chalcedony. Origin: L. Sarda, Gr, or (sc), i.e, Sardian stone, fr. Sardian, Sardes, the capital of Lydia: cf. F. Sarde. Cf. Sardius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sardachate | <chemical> A variety of agate containing sard. Origin: L. Sardachates: cf. F. Sardachate. See Sard, and Agate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sardel | <zoology> A sardine. Origin: It. Sardella. See Sardine a fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sardine | <zoology> Any one of several small species of herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil for food, especially the pilchard, or European sardine (Clupea pichardus). The California sardine (Clupea sagax) is similar. The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the common herring and of the menhaden. Origin: F. Sardine (cf. Sp. Sardina, sarda, It. Sardina, sardella), L. Sardina, sarda; cf. Gr,; so called from island of sardinia, Gr. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sardoin | <chemical> Sard; carnelian. Origin: Cf. F. Sardoine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sardonic | Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety. "Where strained, sardonic smiles are glozing still, And grief is forced to laugh against her will." (Sir H. Wotton) "The scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian." (Burke) Sardonic grin or laugh, an old medical term for a spasmodic affection of the muscles of the face, giving it an appearance of laughter. Origin: F. Sardonique, L. Sardonius, Gr, perhaps fr. To grin like a dog, or from a certain plant of Sardinia, Gr, which was said to screw up the face of the eater. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sardonic grin | The semblance of a grin caused by facial spasm especially in tetanus. Synonym: canine spasm, cynic spasm, risus sardonicus, sardonic grin, spasmus caninus, trismus sardonicus. Origin: L. Risus, laugh + caninus, doglike (05 Mar 2000) |
| sardonyx | <chemical> A variety of onyx consisting of sard and white chalcedony in alternate layers. Origin: L, fr. Gr. See Sard, and Onyx. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
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Derived from the Greek Sardonios which means bitter or scornful laughter: the primary reference is to the effects of eating a Sardinian plant which was said to produce facial convulsions resembling horrible laughter, usually followed by death.
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Scornfully or cynically mocking
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characterized by scornful derision or bitter irony; mocking; cynical; said to derive from the Latin word for a Sardinian plant which, when eaten, was supposed to produce convulsive laughter ending in death!
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| sard | a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony |
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| sard | bonitos |
| sard | common bonito of Pacific coast of the Americas |
| sard | probably a northern strain of Chile bonito |
| sard | medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters |
| sard | an island in the Mediterranean west of Italy |
| sard | the Italian region on the island of Sardinia |
| sard | pilchards |
| sard | small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe |
| sard | any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned |
| sard | small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe |
| sard | small fatty fish usually canned |
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