n.
A satire or lampoon, especially one that ridicules a specific person, traditionally written and posted in a public place.
tr.v., -nad·ed, -nad·ing, -nades.
To ridicule with a pasquinade; satirize or lampoon.
[French, from Italian pasquinata, after Pasquino, nickname given to a statue in Rome, Italy, on which lampoons were posted.]
pasquinader pas'qui·nad'er n.
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