3 uses
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Definition
someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others
- Mademoiselle LeFarge has a particularly sadistic smile on her face when we arrive.Chapter 28 (54% in)
- It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills.Chapter 7 (58% in)
- "Didn't you have any sadistic nannies who told you these tales to keep you quiet and well behaved at night?Chapter 12 (50% in)
There are no more uses of "sadist" in A Great and Terrible Beauty.
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