Sat"ire (?; in Eng. often ?; 277),
n. [L. satira, satura, fr.
satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various kinds of
fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, a medley, fr.
satur full of food, sated, fr. sat, satis,
enough: cf. F. satire. See Sate, Sad,
a., and cf. Saturate.] 1.
A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or folly to
reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in public or private
morals deserves rebuke; an invective poem; as, the Satires of
Juvenal.
2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic
exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
Syn. -- Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade;
burlesque; wit; humor.