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satiricn.adj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin satiricus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin satiricus of or relating to satire (4th cent.), writer of satire (4th or 5th cent. in Jerome) < classical Latin satira satire n. + -icus -ic suffix. Compare Middle French satirique , satyricque , satyrique (French satirique ) (adjective) of or relating to satire (1380), (noun) writer of satire (1524), Catalan satíric , adjective (15th cent.), Spanish satírico (early 15th cent. as noun and adjective), Italian satirico (a1406 as adjective, 1619 as noun in sense ‘writer of satire’). With the use as adjective compare satirien adj. and slightly later satirical adj.With the β. forms compare discussion of the α. forms at satire n., and also satyric n., satyric adj. A. n.society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [noun] > humorous writer > of lampoon or satire the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > satire > [noun] > one who employs a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 407 Þere were more poetes þan satirices [L. Fuerunt autem plures poetæ quam satirici]. 1589 G. Puttenham i. xi. 20 Their inuectiues were called Satyres, and them selues Satyricques. 1598 R. Barckley iii. 168 Which agreeeth aptly with the saying of the Satyricke. Ille crucem sceleris pretium ferat, hic diadema. 1611 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero (new ed.) 120 Hiperbolus, who,..for his boldnesse and saucy impudency, was the onely Subiect in his time for all Satyricks & Commedians to worke vpon. ?a1676 T. Bell (1692) 168 If men knew to do the Epicureans right in their opinion of Felicity, and could speak as Philosophers, and not as taunting Satyricks, I could rather be, than be called an Epicurean. society > leisure > the arts > literature > [noun] > specific types of literature > satiric 1602 W. Watson 9 Together with sundrie Satyrickes [printed Satyricals; corrected in errata] of Maister Blackwels. 1732 i. 9 He thus instructs him how to hit The present Taste, in Works of Wit, In Epics, Epigrams, Satyricks, Soft Elegies, Lampoons, and Lyrics. 1825 (title) Facetiæ Cantabrigiensis, consisting of Anecdotes, Smart Sayings, Satirics, Retorts, &c. 1898 9 Apr. 405/2 To-day, as they were thirty years ago, the Gilbertian satirics are among the lightest and most effective of ironical weapons. 1975 A. Zekowski in (1999) iii. 34 Concrete sound poem, long-poem, collage, wall-poem, experimental prose-poem and poem-prose, avant-garde comic pop satirics. B. adj.the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective] society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > satiric the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > satire > [adjective] a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 177 Oracius þe poete satiricus and liricus.] 1509 H. Watson tr. S. Brant (de Worde) Prolude sig. A.vv My boke satyryke I gyue vnto you for example. a1586 Sir P. Sidney (1595) sig. C3v The most notable [kinds of poets] bee the Heroick, Lirick,..Satirick, Iambick,..and certaine others. 1614 B. Rich Epil. For Satyryck inueyghing at any mans pryuate person it is farre from my thought. 1665 T. Herbert (new ed.) 215 When so long a fare-well was least thought on, he and his are hewn down, making good that of the Satyric Poet, Ad generum Cereris, [etc.]. 1732 J. Swift Let. 8 June in (2003) III. 484 He hath been often engaged in a kind of flirting War of Satyrick Burlesque verse with certain Wags both in town and country. 1738 W. Warburton I. 112 A fabulous and satyric Writer. 1796 J. Morse (new ed.) II. 674 Horace, the Roman lyric and satiric poet. 1812 G. Crabbe xix. 348 Satiric novels, poets bold and free. 1852 W. M. Thackeray III. iii. 68 All this comedy was full of bitter satyrick strokes against a certain young lady. 1861 T. Wright II. xxiii. 240 The Latin literature of the thirteenth century..is extremely rich in comic and satiric verse. 1932 R. M. Lovett & H. S. Hughes i. i. 15 A realistic story.., entertaining its readers by a realistic and satiric portrayal of the vices and follies of the real world. 1971 22 217 The satiric mode had shifted by the later eighteenth century from the ‘corrosive’ to the sham-polite. 2002 T. Lisanti & L. Paul 267/1 Richard Attenborough's flawed, satiric anti-war film Oh! What a Lovely War. the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [adjective] > disposed to the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > satire > [adjective] > that satirizes 1596 in (1952) XII. 279 The king and Mr. John Lindsay his secretary knew of it, who is a subtle ‘satorik’ man. 1627 M. Drayton To H. Reynolds in 206 And surely Nashe, though he a Proser were A branch of Lawrell yet deserues to beare, Sharply Satirick was he. 1638 A. Cowley i. sig. A6 What so Satyricke Shepheads? I beleeve You did not learne these flashes in the Woods. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu 1 Apr. (1965) I. 313 Disdainfull smiles and satyric whispers..never fail in our assemblys when any body appears that is not dress'd exactly in fashion. 1730 J. Swift 16 On me, when Dunces are satyrick, I take it for a Panegyrick. 1754 J. Shebbeare II. lv. 120 You are satyric this Morning. 1828 E. F. J. Carrington I. i. v. 64 Lady Kate looked so satiric, and the two gallants by my side seemed so inclined to smile, that I was much too afraid to stand up. 1885 11 July 50/1 The old man looked after him with a satiric smile. 1928 6 Jan. 8/3 There is a relentlessness about the public school system that engenders secret terrors at every turn. It may be the fear of ridicule, or the sardonicisms of a satiric master. 1975 H. Brodkey in Dec. 238/3 One forgets how satiric children are just before puberty. 2009 K. Weisbrode iii. 59 The nickname ‘Doc’ derived from a college friend's satiric remark about the particular style of eyeglasses he favored. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.a1387 |
