noun
pasquinade
Pasquinade (noun) means a mocking piece of writing about someone, originally displayed in public.
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A mocking piece of writing about someone, originally displayed in public.
"I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade—but Catherine, who might have said anything, didn't say a word."
— Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
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Etymology
From Middle French, from Italian pasquinata, from Pasquino, name given to a statue in Rome on which lampoons were posted.
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What is the meaning of pasquinade?
"pasquinade" (noun) means a mocking piece of writing about someone, originally displayed in public.
What is another word for pasquinade?
Other words for "pasquinade" include takeoff, spoof, sendup, burlesque, parody, mockery.
