sarcasm Copy link Outline 1. asperiores facētiae2. căvillātio acerba (bitter jesting)3. as quality, acerbitas [et abunde salis], Quint. 10, 1, 94. Acerbae dictorum contumeliae (Kr.). • sarcasm: (Gr. σαρκασμός· Quint. 8, 6, 57): nearest terms: 1. asperiores facētiae: Cic. Planc. 14, 33 (asperioribus f. perstringere aliquem). 2. căvillātio acerba (bitter jesting): Suet. Tib. 57. 3. as quality, acerbitas [et abunde salis], Quint. 10, 1, 94. Acerbae dictorum contumeliae (Kr.).