thersitical

English

Alternative forms

• Thersitical

Etymology

After Thersites, a minor character in the Iliad who slandered and mocked Agamemnon.

Adjective

thersitical (comparative more thersitical, superlative most thersitical)

1. Scurrilous, grossly defamatory
2. Caustic, obscenely and tactlessly abusive

Related terms

• Thersitean
• thersite