Dī'a-syrm, n.

(dī/a-sĕrm), n. [Gr. διασυρμός, a tearing in pieces, from διασύρειν, from διά and σύρειν, to drag, to force away.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech expressing mockery and contempt, or by which reproof is conveyed in an ironical manner. [Obs.]