satire

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 External links 2 Italian 2.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Implied in satiric (attested in 1387) < Latin satira < earlier satura < lanx satura (“‘full dish’”) < fem. of satur. Altered in Latin by influence of Ancient Greek σάτυρος (saturos), “‘satyr’”), on the mistaken notion that the form is related to the Greek satyr drama.

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satire (countable and uncountable; plural satires)

1. (uncountable) A literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour is often used to aid this.
2. (countable) A satirical work.

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• satirist

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[edit] External links

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

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

satire f.

1. Plural form of satira.