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Pasquin

//ˈpæskwɪn// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lampooner. archaic
  2. 2
    A lampoon; a pasquinade. archaic

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

Verb
  1. 1
    To lampoon or satirize. archaic, rare

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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