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Webster 1913 Edition
Pasquinade
Pasˊquin-ade′
,Noun.
[F.
pasquinade
, It. pasquinata
.] A lampoon or satirical writing.
Macaulay.
Pasˊquin-ade′
,Verb.
T.
To lampoon, to satirize.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pasquinade
PASQUINA'DE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
pasquinade
pasquinade
English
Noun
pasquinade (plural pasquinades)
- A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 155:
- 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.
- 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 155:
Verb
pasquinade (third-person singular simple present pasquinades, present participle pasquinading, simple past and past participle pasquinaded)
- (transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.
- 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue":
- Chantilly was a quondam cobbler of the Rue St. Denis, who, becoming stage-mad, had attempted the rôle of Xerxes, in Crébillon's tragedy so called, and been notoriously Pasquinaded for his pains.
- 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue":