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** English
*** Etymology
From [en]; 1906, as “irritable”, from [en], by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare
[nds], [frr], [sv].[1] In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late
1990s.[2]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Adjective
[er]
1. [en] Snide and sarcastic ; usually out of irritation .
2. * [en]
3. [en] Irritable , irritated .
4. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=1910 |author=w:E. Nesbit |title=The Magic City |chapter=12
|chapterurl=[fullurl:s:en:The Magic City/Chapter 12] |passage='I hate you,'
she said briefly, and Philip understood. 'I couldn't help it,' he said; 'I
did want to do something by myself.' And Lucy understood. 'And besides,' he
said, 'I was coming back for you. Don't be SNARKY about it, Lu.}}
1. * {{ quote-book
|en |year=1918 |author=w:C. J. Dennis |title=Digger Smith |chapter=Dad
|chapterurl=[fullurl:s:en:Digger Smith/Dad] |passage='E barks. "I'll do me
work meself, yeh 'ear?" An' then 'e gits so SNARKY that I clear.}}
**** Derived terms
{{col4|en|sort=n |snark<pos:noun> |snarkily |snarkiness |snarkism }}
**** Translations
[sarcastic and irreverent]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Faroese: [fo] , [fo] , [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu] , [hu]
- Latin: [la]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] [about remark, comment, response]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
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*** References
References:
[1]. [R:Online Etymology Dictionary]
[2]. [snarky_ADJ]
*** Further reading
- [R:Lexico]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]