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pasquin

MeaningRoman statue

Common meaning: satirical attack or lampoon

Journey through time

  1. ItalianPasquino‘Roman statue’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsRoman statue → satirepasquin‘satire’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftssatire → satirical attack or lampoonpasquin‘satirical attack or lampoon’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Italian Pasquino ‘Roman statue’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PASQUIN, p. 424 · dictionary scan

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