lampoon
noun/læmˈpuːn/
/læmˈpuːn/
- a piece of writing that criticizes somebody/something and makes them/it look silly
- Such lampoons of royalty were previously found only in the foreign press.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French lampon, said to be from lampons ‘let us drink’ (used as a refrain), from lamper ‘gulp down’, nasalized form of laper ‘to lap (liquid)’.Definitions on the go
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