Bible Dictionaries
Sardonic

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Forced; unnatural; insincere; hence, derisive, mocking, malignant, or bitterly sarcastic; - applied only to a laugh, smile, or some facial semblance of gayety.

(2):

(a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a kind of linen made at Colchis.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sardonic'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sardonic.html. 1828.