pasquil
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- pasquilic adjective
- pasquillic adjective
Etymology
Origin of pasquil
1525–35; < New Latin pasquillus < Italian pasquillo, diminutive of Pasquino; pasquinade
Example Sentences
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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.”
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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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