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Definition of Pasquil
1. n. See Pasquin.
2. v. t. See Pasquin.
Definition of Pasquil
1. a satire or lampoon [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasquil
Literary usage of Pasquil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Book of Scotish Pasquils. 1568-1715 by James Maidment (1868)
"COLVILLE'S pasquil ON SIR ALEXANDER GIBSON. This, in Balfour MS., is called " Mr
... pasquil on Sir Alexander Gibson younger of Durie, Clerk Register, 1643. ..."
2. The School of Shakspere by William Shakespeare, J. W. M. Gibbs (1878)
"The second title—the Comedie < pasquil and Katherine—describes the principal ...
Two of her suitors are pasquil, a romantic youth, and Mamón, an old usurer. ..."
3. The Life and Times of Montrose: Illustrated from Original Manuscripts by Mark Napier (1840)
"... Advice to the Queen—Is superseded in her Councils by Hamilton—Montrose's
sarcastic pasquil against Hamilton—The King follows the Advice of Hamilton, ..."
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