lampoon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French lampon (“satire, mockery, ridicule”), built on French lampons (“let us drink — a popular refrain for scurrilous songs”), from lamper (“to quaff, to swig”).[1][2]
- Littré quotes[3] a satirical song mocking King Jacques II Stuart, fleeing Dublin, in 1691, and returning to France under the escort of Lauzun:
- Prenez soin de ma couronne, J'aurai soin de ma personne ;
("Take care of my crown, I will take care of my person")
Lampons ! lampons !
- Prenez soin de ma couronne, J'aurai soin de ma personne ;
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /læmˈpuːn/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]lampoon (plural lampoons)
- A written attack or other work ridiculing a person, group, or institution; especially, a satirical one.
- 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, I.i:
- To say truth, Ma'am, 'tis very vulgar to Print and as my little Productions are mostly Satires and Lampoons I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the Friends of the Parties—
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Alteration”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 22:
- "Dangerous things, sir—dangerous things!" exclaimed Mr. Lintot, drawing a deep breath of air from the open window: "do you know, sir, Curl published a lampoon on Lord Hervey the other day, who said that he would have horsewhipped him if he could have found his way into the city...
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]written satirical attack
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Verb
[edit]lampoon (third-person singular simple present lampoons, present participle lampooning, simple past and past participle lampooned)
- To satirize or poke fun at.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]satirize — see satirize
References
[edit]- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lampoon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ lampon on the French Wiktionary.Wiktionary fr
- ^ “lampon” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Further reading
[edit]- “lampoon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “lampoon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.