Both Uses of
rejoinder
in
Jane Eyre
- "Madam, I should like some tea," was the sole rejoinder she got.†
p. 142.3 *
- there is something singular about you," said he: "you have the air of a little nonnette; quaint, quiet, grave, and simple, as you sit with your hands before you, and your eyes generally bent on the carpet (except, by-the-bye, when they are directed piercingly to my face; as just now, for instance); and when one asks you a question, or makes a remark to which you are obliged to reply, you rap out a round rejoinder, which, if not blunt, is at least brusque.†
p. 154.4
Definitions:
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(1)
(rejoinder) a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Law: a rejoinder is a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication (reply)