## Meanings
1. Using remarks that mean the opposite of what they say, in order to mock or insult.
2. Tending to make mocking, cutting remarks as part of one's personality.

## Examples
- "Oh, brilliant idea," she said in a sarcastic tone.
- He is so sarcastic that it is hard to tell when he is serious.

## Synonyms
- sarky
- snarky

## Derived Forms
- nonsarcastic
- sarcast
- sarcastically
- sarcasticness
- sarchotic
- sarky
- snarkcastic
- supersarcastic
- unsarcastic

## Related Forms
- ironic
- sardonic
- snide

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sarcastique
- Root: sarcasme
- Root: sarcasmus
- Root: σαρκασμός
- Root: σάρξ

## Etymology
Either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”).

## AI Etymology
Sarcastic is traced through either from sarcasm + -astic or from French sarcastique, from French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmus, ultimately from Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós, “sarcasm”), itself from Ancient Greek σάρξ (sárx, literally “meat, flesh”). In present-day use, it can mean using remarks that mean the opposite of what they say, in order to mock or insult, or tending to make mocking, cutting remarks as part of one's personality. Derived formations include nonsarcastic, sarcast, sarcastically, sarcasticness, and sarchotic.

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