Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lampoon or pasquinade; a squib.
- Relating to or of the nature of a lampoon or pasquinade: as, pasquil literature.
- Same as
pasquinade .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb See
pasquin . - noun rare See
pasquin .
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Examples
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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.
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For the Great Marquis, who reminded De Retz of the men in Plutarch's _Lives_, was not averse from the practice of poetry, and wrote, besides these numbers, a prayer ( 'Let them bestow on every airth a limb'), a 'pasquil,' a pleasant string of conceits in praise of woman, a set of vehement and fiery memorial stanzas on the King, and one copy of verses more.
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The zeal of the Scottish reformers was at its height, and this zeal found vent in many a pasquil discharged at Popery.
A Book of Old Ballads — Complete Beverley Nichols 1941
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It is not to be marvelled at if the Regent did style the letter a “pasquil.”
John Knox and the Reformation Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 1905
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Yet, a few days later, he writes, the Regent handed his letter to the Archbishop of Glasgow, saying, “Please you, my Lord, to read a pasquil,” an offence which Knox never forgave and bitterly avenged in his “History.”
John Knox and the Reformation Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 1905
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Also a filthy and insulting pasquil, perhaps composed by Paul Crell, in which
Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church 1894
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Glancing carelessly over it, she handed it to the Archbishop of Glasgow beside her, with the remark, “Please you, my lord, to read a pasquil.”
Luther and Other Leaders of the Reformation 1823-1886 1883
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A pasquil on the Commander in Chief, or a tirade against the Government, was sure to be eagerly read and warmly approved of.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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Archbishop of Glasgow, saying, "Please you, my Lord, to read a pasquil," an offence which Knox never forgave and bitterly avenged in his
John Knox and the Reformation Andrew Lang 1878
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It is not to be marvelled at if the Regent did style the letter a "pasquil."
John Knox and the Reformation Andrew Lang 1878
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