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The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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Scornfully mocking or cynical.
* Sir H. Wotton
* Burke
Disdainfully or ironically humorous.
As a letter x
is the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x
is voiceless velar fricative.As an adjective sardonic is
scornfully mocking or cynical.x
Translingual
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Letter
See also
(Latn-script)Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbonesDerived terms
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English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He distances himself from people with his nasty, sardonic laughter.
- strained, sardonic smiles
- the scornful, ferocious, sardonic grin of a bloody ruffian