satirist

English

Etymology

From satire +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

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Noun

satirist (plural satirists)

1. A person who writes satire.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 129:

     In one of the Greek satirist Lucian's Dialogues of Courtesans, a conversation takes place between the hetaira Tryphaena and a young client named Charmides.

Translations

a person who writes satire

• Albanian: satirik (sq)
• Armenian: երգիծաբան (hy) (ergicaban)
• Bulgarian: сатирик m (satirik)
• Danish: satiriker c
• Dutch: hekeldichter (nl) m, hekeldichteres f
• German: Satiriker (de) m, Satirikerin (de) f
• Indonesian: satiris (id)
• Irish: cáinte m, aorthóir m
• Italian: satirico (it) m, satirica f, satiro (it) m (archaic)
• Malay: satirawan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: satiriker m

  Nynorsk: satirikar m

• Romanian: satiric (ro) m, satirică f
• Russian: сати́рик (ru) m (satírik)
• Swedish: satiriker (sv) c
• Turkish: taşlamacı (tr), yergici (tr)
• Welsh: dychanwr m

Anagrams

• sitarist, tarsitis

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French satiriste. By surface analysis, satiră +‎ -ist.

Noun

satirist m (plural satiriști)

1. (dated) synonym of satiric

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	satirist	satiristul		satiriști	satiriștii
genitive-dative	satirist	satiristului		satiriști	satiriștilor
vocative	satiristule			satiriștilor

References

• “satirist”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026