noun
rejoinder
rih-JOIN-der/rɪˈdʒɔɪndər/
A reply, especially a sharp or formal one.
Her sharp rejoinder brings the heated discussion to a halt.
Etymology
The “back” and “join” pieces formed a legal verb meaning “answer a charge.” A rejoinder specifically answered an earlier reply in court, providing the connection to its broader sense of a conversational response.
In context
it went so viral that every book every magazine newspaper at that time carried it and when they later put a rejoinder saying this was not true nobody bothered
More examples
- He has a witty rejoinder ready for every criticism.
- The committee publishes a formal rejoinder to the allegations.
- Their sarcastic rejoinders do little to settle the disagreement.
Forms
rejoinder · rejoinders