pasquinade

Meanings

Noun

  • A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.

Verb

  • To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.

Origin

  • From French pasquinade, from Pasquin + -ade, modelled on Italian pasquinata, from Latin pascha, from Hebrew פסח

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