pasquinade

pasquinade
pasquinade (n.) "a lampoon," 1650s, from M.Fr., from It. pasquinata (c.1500), from Pasquino, name given to a mutilated ancient statue (now known to represent Menelaus dragging the dead Patroclus) set up by Cardinal Caraffa in his palace in Rome in 1501; the locals named it after a schoolmaster (or tailor, or barber) named Pasquino who lived nearby. A custom developed of posting satirical verses and lampoons on the statue.

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  • Pasquinade — refers to an anonymous lampoon, whether in verse [In verse, the pasquinade finds a classical source in the epigrams of Martial: John W. Spaeth, Jr., Martial and the Pasquinade Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association… …   Wikipedia

  • pasquinade — [ paskinad ] n. f. • 1566; it. pasquinata → pasquin ♦ Vieilli et littér. Raillerie bouffonne. ⇒PASQUINADE, subst. fém. Vieilli A. HIST. LITTÉR. [Corresp. à pasquin A] 1. Placard satirique que les Romains accrochaient sur le socle de la statue de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pasquinade — Pas quin*ade , n. [F. pasquinade, It. pasquinata.] A lampoon or satirical writing. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pasquinade — [pas′kwilpas΄kwi nād′] n. [Fr < It pasquinata, after Pasquino, classical statue in Rome to which it was the custom in the 16th c. to attach satirical verses] a satirical piece of writing that holds its object up to ridicule, formerly one… …   English World dictionary

  • Pasquinade — Pas quin*ade , v. t. To lampoon, to satirize. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pasquinade — (v. fr., spr. Paskinahd), ein mehr witziger als boshafter, pasquillähnlicher Scherz …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Pasquinade — (franz., spr. paski ), s. Pasquill …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • pasquinade — index parody, ridicule Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • pasquinade — lampoon, squib, skit, *libel …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • pasquinade — Pasquinade. s. f. Raillerie satyrique. Faire des pasquinades. un faiseur de pasquinades …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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