Pasquinade \Pas`quin*ade"\, n. [F. pasquinade, It. pasquinata.]
A lampoon or satirical writing. --Macaulay.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pasquinade \Pas`quin*ade"\, v. t.
To lampoon, to satirize.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pasquinade
n : a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous
way [syn: parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery,
takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, put-on]
[also: pasquils, pasquilling, pasquilled, pasquil]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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parody: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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Pasquinade refers to an anonymous lampoon, whether in verse or in prose. Pasquin (Italian Pasquino) was the name ordinary Romans gave to a battered ancient statue dug up in the course of paving the Parione district and erected at the corner of Piazza di Pasquino and Palazzo Braschi, on the west ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquinade
burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquil, pasquilled, pasquilling, pasquils, pasquinade on evolution, put-on, Search the Web, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty
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