different between retort vs asteismus

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /???t??t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t??t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t
• Hyphenation: re?tort

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin retortus, from retorqu?re (“to be forced to twist back”).

Noun

retort (plural retorts)

1. A sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.

Translations

Verb

retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)

1. To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation.
2. To make a remark which reverses an argument upon its originator; to return, as an argument, accusation, censure, or incivility.

   to retort the charge of vanity
3. To bend or curve back.

   a retorted line

   • 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society

     With retorted head, pruned themselves as they floated.

4. To throw back; to reverberate; to reflect.

Synonyms

• (sharp reply): comeback, rejoinder, back answer

Translations

Etymology 2

From French retorte.

Noun

retort (plural retorts)

1. (chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.
2. A airtight vessel in which material is subjected to high temperatures in the chemical industry or as part of an industrial manufacturing process, especially during the smelting and forging of metal.
3. A pressure cooker.
4. A crematory furnace.

Derived terms

• retort stand

Translations

Verb

retort (third-person singular simple present retorts, present participle retorting, simple past and past participle retorted)

1. (transitive) To heat in a retort.

Further reading

• Retort in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• Retort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rotert, Rotter, rotter

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French retorte, from Latin retorta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??t?rt/
• Hyphenation: re?tort
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

retort f or n (plural retorten)

1. (chemistry) retort (flask used for distillation)

English

Alternative forms

• astysmus, astismus

Etymology

From Latin ast?ïsm?s (“the more refined style of speaking”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (asteísmós)

Noun

asteismus (uncountable)

1. (rhetoric) Witty dialog or response.
2. (rhetoric) In dialog, a retort based on a punning use of another speaker's word or metaphor.

Hyponyms

• (punning retort): antanaclasis, punning