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LAMPOONING
Verb
lampooning
present participle of lampoon
Noun
lampooning (plural lampoonings)
A lampoon.
Source: Wiktionary
LAMPOON
Lam*poon", n. Etym: [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr. lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]
Definition: A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress. Like her who missed her name in a lampoon, And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. Dryden.
Lam*poon", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lampooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Lampooning.]
Definition: To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in writing; to make the subject of a lampoon. Ribald poets had lampooned him. Macaulay.
Syn.
– To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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