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Definition of Asteism
1. n. Genteel irony; a polite and ingenious manner of deriding another.
Definition of Asteism
1. Noun. Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asteism
1. refined irony [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asteism
Literary usage of Asteism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1908)
"... if only by the dry fashion in which he observes that, if anybody does not know
it, the Greeks call certain kinds of allegory sarcasm, asteism, ..."
2. Political Eloquence in Greece: Demosthenes. With Extracts from His Orations by Léon Brédif (1881)
"... the audacity of Attic asteism, and nothing in Latin eloquence, even the most
deliberate, equaled the romantic episode of the female captive of Olynthus. ..."
3. Putnam's Word Book: A Practical Aid in Expressing Ideas Through the Use of by Louis Andrew Flemming (1919)
"See abuse. raillery, n. banter, pleasantry, jesting, asteism. railroad, n. railway.
railroad, v. (Colloq.) hurry, rush. raiment, n. See clothes. rain, n. ..."
4. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"... formed of two equal magnetic needles with their poles turned opposite ways,
so that its motion is uninfluenced by the earth's magnetism. asteism. ..."
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