| Satire | n. [ L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See Sate, Sad, a., and cf. Saturate. ] 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
