SARCASM

noun Etymology: French or Late Latin; French ~e, from Late Latin ~os, from Greek sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from sark-, sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwarəs- to cut Date: 1550 a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain , 2. a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual, the use or language of ~ , see: wit