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plural of pasquinade
as in satires
a creative work that uses sharp humor to point up the foolishness of a person, institution, or human nature in general a pasquinade of Washington society that features thinly disguised portraits of several political power brokers

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present tense third-person singular of pasquinade

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“Pasquinades.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasquinades. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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