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pasquil

[ pas-kwil ]

noun

  1. a pasquinade.


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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of pasquil1

1525–35; < New Latin pasquillus < Italian pasquillo, diminutive of Pasquino; pasquinade
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They looked at it curiously, and Maria said: "Surely, Mr. Deane, that is not a true likeness; it is what you call a pasquil—a lampoon—to make ridiculous his Majesty."

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The loud hilarity of the maids of honor, whom the wind-up of the last pasquil amused intensely, finally attracted the attention of Anna Bell.

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It is not to be marvelled at if the Regent did style the letter a “pasquil.â€

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There is a caustic pasquil entitled Massinello, or a Satyr against the Association and the Guildhall Plot.

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The words pasquil or pasquinade were adopted info almost every European tongue, and soon embraced in their widening signification all sorts of satiric epigrams.

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