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pasquinading

pasquinading is the present participle and gerund of pasquinade.

Meaning of pasquinade

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...

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Questions about pasquinading

What is pasquinading the present participle and gerund of?
Pasquinading is the present participle and gerund of pasquinade.

Words near pasquinading in the dictionary

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

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