Sarcasm, sarcolemma, sarcoma, sarcophagus.
(Appendix to the century journal “Successes of Etymology”). Once again, that restless lampoonist Esprit de L’Escalier sent a provocative question to the editor, listing the above-mentioned words and allegedly “asking” to clarify to him, the “ignoramus”, what semantic connection unites such different concepts? Sarcasm is a highly satirical, and not even satirical, but extremely piercing […]
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