Pasquinade
WordNet
noun
(1) A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , from + , modelled on .
Noun
- A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
Verb
- 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":