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/paskwɪˈneɪd/ · noun
A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone..
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.
Queen Juana of Castile: Swear that you speak true./Cesare: I could place my palm on the Bible, but my oath would be a pasquinade./Queen Juana: Then swear on something else./Cesare: I would, if I believed in something other than myself./Queen Juana: A dishonest man would have taken the Bible, regardless of its meaning to him, and sworn until Sunday. I accept your word.
Chantilly was a quondam cobler of the Rue St. Denis, who, becoming stage-mad, had attempted the rôle of Xerxes, in Crebillon's tragedy so called, and been notoriously pasquinaded for his pains.
Use pasquinade when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pasquinade means A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone..
Common synonyms include charade, travesty, parody, spoof.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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