Word of the Day – Pasquinade

• Noun: Pasquinade
  1. a satire or lampoon, originally one displayed or delivered publicly in a public place.
• Synonyms:
  1. Burlesque
  2. Lampoon
  3. Satire
  4. Farce
  5. Parody
• Usage:

“Most of those reports were a nightmare—grotesque, circumstantial, eager and untrue. When Michaelis’s testimony at the inquest brought to light Wilson’s suspicions of his wife I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade — but Catherine, who might have said anything, didn’t say a word.”

• Encountered:

While reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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