Etymology

satiric

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to satire. Full definition →

Middle French satirique ← Late Latin satiricus
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  1. Late Latin · derived fromsatiricus
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromsatirique
  3. English todaysatiric

From Middle French satirique, from Late Latin satiricus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.