lampoon
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Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /læmˈpuːn/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
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
Translations
written satirical attack
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Verb
lampoon (third-person singular simple present lampoons, present participle lampooning, simple past and past participle lampooned)
- To satirize or poke fun at.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
satirize — see satirize
References
- 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
- “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.
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