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satirical

adjective

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Pronunciation: /səˈtɪɹɪkəl/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English satire Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English satirical From satire + -ical.

  1. Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.

    Spitting Image was a famous satirical television program.

    Given his remarks in The English People about the dangers of Standard English, and the fact that the satirical Newspeak of Nineteen Eighty-Four is an engineered language[…]