Etymology

pasquinade

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Today it means: A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone. Full definition →

Italian pasquinata
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  1. Italian · derived frompasquinata
  2. English todaypasquinade

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

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