pasquinade

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Italian pasquinata, from Pasquino, name given to a statue in Rome on which lampoons were posted.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /paskwɪˈneɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

pasquinade (countable and uncountable, plural pasquinades)

1. A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
   • 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter IX, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 196:

     I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade—but Catherine, who might have said anything, didn't say a word.

Verb

pasquinade (third-person singular simple present pasquinades, present participle pasquinading, simple past and past participle pasquinaded)

1. (transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.
   • 1841 March, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”, in George R[ex] Graham, Rufus W[ilmot] Griswold, editors, Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. […], volume XVIII, number 4, Philadelphia, Pa.: George R. Graham, published April 1841, →OCLC, page 168, column 1:

     Chantilly was a quondam cobler of the Rue St. Denis, who, becoming stage-mad, had attempted the rôle of Xerxes, in Crebillon's tragedy so called, and been notoriously pasquinaded for his pains.