lampoon

English

WOTD – 25 September 2011    

Pronunciation

• IPA: /læmˈpuːn/, X-SAMPA: /l{m"pu:n/

Etymology

From French lampon.

Noun

lampoon (plural lampoons)

1. A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution.
2. A light, good-humored satire.(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Derived terms

• lampoonery

Translations

written satirical attack

• Armenian: ծանակագիր (hy) (canakagir), պարսավագիր (hy) (parsavagir), պամֆլետ (hy) (pamflet)
• Czech: pamflet (cs) m, hanopis (cs) m
• Finnish: pilkkakirjoitus (fi), satiiri (fi)
• French: pasquin (fr) m

• German: Pamphlet (de) n, Schmähschrift (de) f, Spottschrift (de) f
• Russian: пасквиль (ru) (páskvil') m, памфлет (ru) (pamflét) m, сатира (ru) (satíra) f
• Spanish: sátira (es) m, libelo (es) m, pasquín (es) m

light, good-humored satire

• Finnish: parodia (fi)

• Russian: пародия (ru) (paródija) f

Verb

lampoon (third-person singular simple present lampoons, present participle lampooning, simple past and past participle lampooned)

1. To satirize or poke fun at.

Synonyms

• Wikisaurus:defame

Derived terms

• lampooner

Translations

satirize — see satirize

External links

• lampoon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• lampoon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911