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asteisms

asteisms is the plural of asteism.

Meaning of asteism

Noun

asteism (countable and uncountable, plural asteisms)

  1. Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another.

Questions about asteisms

What is asteisms the plural of?
Asteisms is the plural of asteism.

Words near asteisms in the dictionary

  1. asteatotic
  2. asteer
  3. asteiid
  4. asteiids
  5. asteism
  6. asteisms
  7. asteismus
  8. asteistic
  9. astelia
  10. astelias
  11. astelic

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