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pasquinade

Pronunciation: /paskwɪˈneɪd/

The English word “pasquinade” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.

verb

  1. To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.

Etymology

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

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