rejoinder
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rejoinder
- /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɔɪndɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɔɪndə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English rejoinder, rejonder, rejoynder, from Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French. Doublet of rejoin.
noun rejoinders
- The defendant's answer to the replication.
- A response that answers another response. “Depend upon it, landlord, that harpooneer is a dangerous man.” “He pays reg’lar,” was the rejoinder. “But come, it’s getting dreadful late, you had better be turning flukes—it’s a nice bed; Sal and me slept in that ere bed the night we were spliced [...]"
- A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty, especially an answer to a question. I have passed perhaps more time than any other man of my age and country in visits and assemblies, where the polite persons of both sexes distinguish themselves; and could not without much grief observe how frequently both gentlemen and ladies are at a loss for questions, answers, replies, and rejoi
- Re-insertion, typically after allowance of a patent application, of patent claims that had been withdrawn from examination under a restriction requirement.
verb rejoinders · rejoindering · rejoindered
- To issue a rejoinder.
- To say as a rejoinder.
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noun defendant's answer
| Français | réponse |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Gegenerwiderung, Duplik |
noun reply
| Français | réplique |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | schlagfertige Erwiderung, schlagfertige Entgegnung, schlagfertige Bemerkung |
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