pasquin

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/ˈpæskwɪn/

noun

A lampooner.

“C. 1687, John Dryden, Epistle to Henry Higden The Grecian wits, who satire first began, / Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man.”

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Meanings

nounpasquin (plural pasquins)

plural pasquins

  1. archaicA lampooner.
  2. archaicA lampoon; a pasquinade.

    C. 1687, John Dryden, Epistle to Henry Higden The Grecian wits, who satire first began, / Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man.

verbpasquin (third-person singular simple present pasquins, present participle pasquining, simple past and past participle pasquined)

present singular third person pasquins · participle present pasquining · participle past pasquined · past pasquined

  1. archaicrareTo lampoon or satirize.

Origin

From Pasquino, a mutilated statue at Rome, set up against the wall of the palace of the Orsini; so called from a witty cobbler or tailor, near whose shop the statue was dug up. On this statue it was customary to paste satirical notes.

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APA

pasquin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasquin

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pasquin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pasquin.

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