pasquinade

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

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

Effect of the Pasquinades XXXIII. — The Reign of Greed, José Rizal
"To be sure--poems, but such poems,--lampoons, squibs, and pasquinades. — The Passionate Elopement, Compton MacKenzie
He will have views and prospects to himself perpetually soliciting his eye, which he can no more help standing still to look at than he can fly; he will moreover have various Accounts to reconcile: Anecdotes to pick up: Inscriptions to make out: Stories to weave in: Traditions to sift: Personages to call upon: Panegyricks to paste up at this door; Pasquinades at that:——All which both the man and his mule are quite exempt from. — The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman, Laurence Sterne

parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, put-on

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