pasquinade

noun /paskwɪˈneɪd/

1. A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.

   countable, uncountable

   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.

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry pasquinade (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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