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noun
Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀστεῖος (asteîos, “of the town; urbane”), from ἄστυ (ástu, “town”). Compare Greek αστεϊσμός (asteïsmós).
