Semisatiric

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Partly satirical. not-comparable

    "The crowd appeared to be mostly Spanish, but that may be only for now; with her dark sunglasses and spired peineta (the ornamental comb worn by flamenco singers), she’s created a semisatiric princess-of-darkness persona that isn’t hard for outsiders to understand."

Example

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"The crowd appeared to be mostly Spanish, but that may be only for now; with her dark sunglasses and spired peineta (the ornamental comb worn by flamenco singers), she’s created a semisatiric princess-of-darkness persona that isn’t hard for outsiders to understand."

Etymology

From semi- + satiric.

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