Sarcasm
Have you ever felt like tearing a strip off someone? Try sarcasm.
Sarcasm comes from Greek sarx (flesh) and sarkazein (to speak bitterly, sneer; literally, to strip off the flesh). Greek sarkazein is the source of Greek sarkasmos, Latin sarcasmus, and by the 1570s, the English word sarcasmus (a sneer, jest, taunt, mockery) which by the 1610s was spelled sarcasm. Greek sarx is not only the root of sarcasm but also of sarcoma (fleshy substance; later, a tumor).
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
Sarcasm comes from Greek sarx (flesh) and sarkazein (to speak bitterly, sneer; literally, to strip off the flesh). Greek sarkazein is the source of Greek sarkasmos, Latin sarcasmus, and by the 1570s, the English word sarcasmus (a sneer, jest, taunt, mockery) which by the 1610s was spelled sarcasm. Greek sarx is not only the root of sarcasm but also of sarcoma (fleshy substance; later, a tumor).
Reference: Online Etymological Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/
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