单词 | pasquinade |
释义 | pasquinade (once / 29041 pages) n A pasquinade is a satire, usually done in writing and posted in public. A skit, flyer, or cartoon can be a pasquinade — as long as its intent is to mock or ridicule something or someone. You can find examples of modern pasquinades on late night television political sketches and in newspaper political cartoons that mercilessly make fun of public figures. Today, you’re probably more likely to use a synonym for pasquinade, such as lampoon or satire. But neither of those words can say they got their name from Pasquino, a 500 year-old statue in Rome where people posted lampoons and satirical poems. WORD FAMILYpasquinade: pasquil, pasquils, pasquinades USAGE EXAMPLESWe can imagine how the shy, proud Moor would have writhed under the pasquinades of the graceful, dissolute Venetian wits whom he despised. Parton, James, Caricature and Other Comic Art—in a...(2012) From the repartees appended to this statue the term Pasquinade is derived. Hare, Augustus J. C., Walks in Rome(2012) The air is full of real and false sweetmeats, pamphlets, pasquinades, and puns. Seingalt, Jacques Casanova de, The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de...(2012) n a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Syn|Hyper burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty caricature, imitation, impersonation a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect |
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