Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Satire

Sat′ire

(?; in Eng. often [GREEK]; 277)
,
Noun.
[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
,
Adj.
, 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
.
2.
Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
Syn. – Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Satire

SAT'IRE

,
Noun.
[L. satira; so named from sharpness, pungency. See satyriasis.]
1.
A discourse or poem in which wickedness or folly is exposed with severity. It differs from lampoon and pasquinade, in being general rather than personal.
2.
Severity of remark. It differs from sarcasm, in not expressing contempt or scorn.

Similar Results