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lampoonery

lampoonery noun: the act of lampooning.

Noun

lampoonery (usually uncountable, plural lampooneries)

  1. (usually) The act of lampooning.
    • It's easy to come up with a scene or two spoofing the creator of such American archetypes as Blanche DuBois, Stanley Kowalski, Big Daddy, and Amanda Wingfield; what's tricky is to sustain lampoonery over a full evening.1989 September 29, Albert Williams, “The Glass Mendacity”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of lampoonery

plurallampooneries

Origin of lampoonery

From lampoon + -ery.

Questions about lampoonery

What does lampoonery mean?
Lampoonery means the act of lampooning.
What part of speech is lampoonery?
Lampoonery is a noun.
What is the plural of lampoonery?
The plural of lampoonery is lampooneries.

Words near lampoonery in the dictionary

  1. lampoonable
  2. lampooned
  3. lampooner
  4. lampooneries
  5. lampooners
  6. lampoonery
  7. lampooning
  8. lampoonings
  9. lampoonish
  10. lampoonist
  11. lampoonists

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