satire
/ˈsæˌtaɪə/SA-tigh-ur
/ˈsæˌtaɪɚ/SA-tigh-ur
Meaninga mixed dish
Common meaning: mockery of vice or folly
- satirwell fed, full; a mixed dishLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1635 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin satur ‘well fed, full; a mixed dish’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SATIRE, p. 526 · dictionary scan
Roots
- satur, -ura, -urum; satura Latin “well fed, full; a mixed dish”
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