Satire

Morpheme

Satire

Type

free base

Denotation

literary work intended to ridicule through scornful or contemptuous expression

Etymology

Middle French satire; Old French satire; Latin satira, from satura, from lanx satura, from satur

Evidence

satires, satirical, satirically, satirist, satirize, satirized, satirizes, satirizing, unsatirized

Notes

influenced by satyr