Pasquinade
WordNet

noun


(1)   A composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
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Etymology


From , from + , modelled on .

Noun



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

Verb



  1. 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.
 
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