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pasquinades

pasquinades is the plural of pasquinade.

Meaning of pasquinade

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

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Questions about pasquinades

What is pasquinades the plural of?
Pasquinades is the plural of pasquinade.

Words near pasquinades in the dictionary

  1. pasquin
  2. pasquinade
  3. pasquinaded
  4. pasquinader
  5. pasquinaders
  6. pasquinades
  7. pasquinading
  8. pasquined
  9. Pasquini
  10. pasquining
  11. Pasquinis

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