Pas"quin, n. Etym: [It. pasquino a mutilated statue at Rome, set up against the wall of the place 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 satiric papers.]
Definition: A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade. The Grecian wits, who satire first began, Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man. Dryden.
Pas"quin, v. t.
Definition: To lampoon; to satiraze. [R.] To see himself pasquined and affronted. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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