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pasquinade
- /paskwɪˈneɪd/ UK
Rhymes with -eɪd
Where it comes from
From Middle French, from Italian pasquinata, from Pasquino, name given to a statue in Rome on which lampoons were posted.
noun pasquinades
- A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone. 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.
verb pasquinades · pasquinading · pasquinaded
- To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade. Chantilly was a quondam cobler of the Rue St. Denis, who, becoming stage-mad, had attempted the rôle of Xerxes, in Crebillon's tragedy so called, and been notoriously pasquinaded for his pains.
Talk about this word "pasquinade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pasquinade. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pasquinade. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pasquinade "pasquinade." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pasquinade.Cite this
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title = {pasquinade},
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