GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found 2 definitions

1.       
   Lampoon (?), n. [F. lampon a drinking song, fr. lampons let us drink, -- the burden of such a song, fr.  lamper to guzzle, to drink much and greedily; of German origin, and akin to E. lap to drink. Prob. so called because drinking songs often contain personal slander or satire.]
   1. A personal satire in writing; usually, malicious and abusive censure written only to reproach and distress.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   Like her who missed her name in a lampoon,
   
   And grieved to find herself decayed so soon. Dryden.
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   
   2. Hence: Any satire ridiculing or mocking a person, activity, or institution by representing its character or behavior in an exaggerated or grotesque form; the representation may be written, filmed, or performed as a live skit, and may be intended as a severe reproach, or as good-natured humor.
   
   [PJC]
   
   
         
       

2.       
   Lampoon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lampooned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lampooning.] To subject to abusive ridicule expressed in a work of art; to make (a person, behavior, or institution) the subject of a lampoon.
   
   [1913 Webster +PJC]
   
   Ribald poets had lampooned him. Macaulay.
   
   Syn. -- To libel; defame; satirize; lash.
   
   [1913 Webster]