rejoinder
noun/rɪˈdʒɔɪndə(r)/
/rɪˈdʒɔɪndər/
[usually singular] (formal)- a reply, especially a quick, critical or funny one synonym retort
- ‘No!’ was his curt rejoinder.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rejoindre (infinitive used as a noun), from re- ‘again’ + joindre ‘to join’.Definitions on the go
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