SATIRE

SATIRE. → Hannah' s song of exultation over Peninnah 1Sa 2:1-10; with 1:5-10 → Of Jesus against hypocrites Mt 23:2-33; Mr 12:13-40; Lu 11:39-54 → See IRONY → See SARCASM

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satire. Satire, n. a poem that censures vice or folly

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Sat″ire (?; in Eng. often �; 277), n. [[L. satira, satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See Sate, Sad, a., and cf. Saturate.]] 1. 1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
2. 2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
Syn. — Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor.