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pasquinade

/paskwɪˈneɪd/

pasquinade noun: a lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.

Noun

pasquinade (countable and uncountable, plural pasquinades)

  1. 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.1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter IX, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 196
    • Queen Juana of Castile: Swear that you speak true./Cesare: I could place my palm on the Bible, but my oath would be a pasquinade./Queen Juana: Then swear on something else./Cesare: I would, if I believed in something other than myself./Queen Juana: A dishonest man would have taken the Bible...2014 October 27, w:Tom Fontana, Brant Englestein, Larry J. Cohen, chapter 1506 (0:41:18 from the start), in w:Borgia_(TV_series), season 3, episode 14

Verb

pasquinade (third-person singular simple present pasquinades, present participle pasquinading, simple past and past participle pasquinaded)

  1. (transitive) 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.1841 March, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, in George R[ex] Graham, Rufus W[ilmot] Griswold, editors, Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. […], volume XVIII, number 4...

Forms of pasquinade

Noun
pluralpasquinades
Verb
third-person singular presentpasquinades
present participlepasquinading
past participlepasquinaded
pastpasquinaded

Origin of pasquinade

From Middle French, from Italian pasquinata, from Pasquino, name given to a statue in Rome on which lampoons were posted.

Words formed from pasquinade

Words that rhyme with pasquinade

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Questions about pasquinade

What does pasquinade mean?
Pasquinade means a lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
What part of speech is pasquinade?
Pasquinade can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce pasquinade?
Pasquinade is pronounced /paskwɪˈneɪd/ (UK).
What is the plural of pasquinade?
The plural of pasquinade is pasquinades.

Words near pasquinade in the dictionary

  1. pasquilants
  2. pasquiler
  3. pasquilers
  4. pasquils
  5. pasquin
  6. pasquinade
  7. pasquinaded
  8. pasquinader
  9. pasquinaders
  10. pasquinades
  11. pasquinading

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