Rejoinder

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪndÉ™(ɹ)

Origin

From Middle French rejoindre, with infinitive used as noun frequent in Law French.

Full definition of rejoinder

Noun

1. (legal) defendant's answer to the replication.
2. A quick response that involves disagreement or is witty; especially an answer to a reply.
• 1919, William Somerset Maugham, ,"I'm starting to-morrow. This is perhaps the last time we shall ever meet."I made an appropriate rejoinder, and he smiled wanly.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To issue a rejoinder.
2. (transitive) To say as a rejoinder.