satire — late 14c., work intended to ridicule vice or folly, from L. satira satire, poetic medley, earlier satura, in lanx satura mixed dish, dish filled with various kinds of fruit, lit. full dish, from fem. of satur sated (see SATURATE (Cf. saturate)).… … Etymology dictionary
satire — /sat uyeur/, n. 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3 … Universalium
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