to lampoon
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• (n.) A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade. • (v. t.) To lampoon; to satiraze.
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Legendary cobbler of Rome, celebrated for his gibes. The name Pasquin was also given to the mutilated statue of a gladiator, found under a pavement near the Palazzo Orsini in 1501. It became...
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A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade. 'The Grecian wits, who satire first began, Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man.' (Dryden) ... Origin: It. Pasquino a mutilated statue at Rome, set up against the wall of the place of the Orsini; so called from a witty cobbler or tailor, near whose shop the statue was dug up. On this statue it was ...
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Pas'quin noun [ Italian
pasquino a mutilated statue at Rome, set up against the wall of the place of the Orsini; -- so called from a witty cobbler or tailor, near whose shop the statue was dug up. On this statue it was customary to paste satiric papers.] A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See
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Pas'quin transitive verb To lampoon; to satiraze. [ R.] « To see himself pasquined and affronted.» Dryden.
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