单词 | satiricalness |
释义 | satiricalnessn. Now rare. The quality or fact of being satirical; satirical tone or style. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > caustic or ironic ridicule > [noun] > quality of satiricalnessa1661 sarcasticalness1710 causticity1785 quipsomeness1881 sarcasticness1903 sardonicism1928 sardony1935 sarkiness1965 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > wit, wittiness > wit with words > satire > [noun] > quality of satiricalnessa1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Essex 334 Some Poets, if debarr'd profaness, wantoness, and Satyricalness, (that they may neither abuse God, themselves, nor their neighbours,) have their tongues cut out in effect. 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. xi. 125 Wit is the mother of facetiousness, conceits, jests, raillery, satyricalness. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom Pref. Ep. sig. A2v To reply now to the objection of satyricalness, Wits have been always allowed this Priviledge. ?1750 Conduct & Scandalous Behaviour Porters in Exchange Alley 4 They must expect to feel the Satyricalness of our Pens, until the Sallies of their Impertinence and Imprudence are totally curb'd. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 591 [He] had a smeddum of satiricalness. 1891 New Eng. Mag. Feb. 782 ‘What is the matter, Anne? You look’—she said it with mischievous satiricalness—‘as if you had seen a ghost!’ 2004 J. Lavery You, Kwaznievski, you piss me Off 46 He gave me a leering, wet-lipped smile, pleased I was party to his satiricalness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1661 |
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