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pasquin

  • /ˈpæskwɪn/

Where it comes from

From Pasquino, a mutilated statue at Rome, set up against the wall of the palace of the Orsini; so called from a witty cobbler or tailor, near whose shop the statue was dug up. On this statue it was customary to paste satirical notes.

noun pasquins

  1. archaic A lampooner.
  2. archaic A lampoon; a pasquinade. C. 1687, John Dryden, Epistle to Henry Higden The Grecian wits, who satire first began, / Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man.

verb pasquins · pasquining · pasquined

  1. archaic, rare To lampoon or satirize.

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"pasquin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pasquin. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pasquin. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pasquin

Chicago

"pasquin." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pasquin.

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@misc{pasquin_2026,
  title = {pasquin},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pasquin},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}