Sāt'ire, n.
(in Eng. often pron. sāt'ur) (Synop. § 130), n. [Fr. satire, Sp. & It. satira, Lat. satira, satura, from satura, sc. lanx, a dish filled with various kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a mixture, medley, from satur, full of food, sated, from sat, satis, enough.]
Sense 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.
Sense 2. Keenness and severity of remark; denunciation and exposure to reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm; ridicule.
Synonyms—Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade; burlesque; wit; humor. See LAMPOON.