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Definition of Pasquinade
1. Noun. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.
Generic synonyms: Caricature, Imitation, Impersonation
Derivative terms: Burlesque, Burlesque, Lampoon, Parodist, Parody, Spoof, Take Off
Definition of Pasquinade
1. n. A lampoon or satirical writing.
2. v. t. To lampoon, to satirize.
Definition of Pasquinade
1. Noun. A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pasquinade
1. [v -NADED, -NADING, -NADES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pasquinade
| pasodoble pasodobles paspalism paspalum paspalums paspies paspy pasque pasque flower pasque flowers | pasqueflower pasqueflowers pasquil pasquils pasquin pasquinade (current term) pasquinaded pasquinades pasquinading |
Literary usage of Pasquinade
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials in Scotland: From by Hugo Arnot (1812)
"In this pasquinade, which was in the form of a thesis, the prisoner had maintained,
that all Scotsmen, except the King, his sons, and a very few others, ..."
2. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, George Wiley Sherburn, Howard Mumford Jones, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"A pasquinade JOSEPH STANSBURY "Has the Marquis La Fayette Taken off all our hay
yet?" Says Clinton to the wise heads around him: "Yes, faith, Sir Harry, ..."
3. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"A pasquinade JOSEPH STANSBURY Taken off all our hay yet?" Says Clinton to the
wise heads around him: "Has the Marquis La Fayette "Yes, faith, Sir Harry, ..."
4. Memoirs of the Court of England During the Reign of the Stuarts,: Including by John Heneage Jesse (1855)
"... Richelieu—Anecdote —Charges brought against Buckingham—His Conduct in the
Expedition to Rochelle—Lady Davies's Prophecy—pasquinade— Buckingham insulted ..."
5. The Comic History of the United States: From a Period Prior to the Discovery by John D. Sherwood (1870)
"A French pasquinade. — The Results of a Bank Panic in the Eighteenth Century.
— The Effects on the Manufacture of Children. — Number of Colonists in 1713 ..."
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