Pasquil

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See pasquin.
  • v. See pasquin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A lampoon or pasquinade; a squib.
  • Relating to or of the nature of a lampoon or pasquinade: as, pasquil literature.
  • Same as pasquinade.
  • Word Usage
    "It is an old saying, [2161] A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword: and many men are as much galled with a calumny, a scurrilous and bitter jest, a libel, a pasquil, satire, apologue, epigram, stage-play or the like, as with any misfortune whatsoever."
    Variant
    pasquin   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    satire