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Pasquil

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as pasquinade.
  • noun. A lampoon or pasquinade; a squib.
  • Relating to or of the nature of a lampoon or pasquinade: as, pasquil literature.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. See pasquin.
  • noun. See pasquin.
  • Word Usage
    "It is an old saying, [2161] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword: and many men are as much galled with a calumny, a scurrilous and bitter jest, a libel, a pasquil, satire, apologue, epigram, stage-play or the like, as with any misfortune whatsoever."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    satire  
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    pasquin