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lampoonist

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lam⋅poon

  [lam-poon]
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–noun
1. a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
–verb (used with object)
2. to mock or ridicule in a lampoon: to lampoon important leaders in the government.
Origin:
1635–45; < F lampon, said to be n. use of lampons let us guzzle (from a drinking song), impv. of lamper, akin to laper to lap up < Gmc; see lap 3

Related forms:
lam⋅poon⋅er, lam⋅poon⋅ist, noun
lam⋅poon⋅er⋅y, noun

Synonyms:
1. See satire.
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lam·poon   (lām-pōōn')   
n.  

  1. A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution. See Synonyms at caricature.

  2. A light, good-humored satire.

tr.v.   lam·pooned, lam·poon·ing, lam·poons
To ridicule or satirize in or as if in a lampoon.

[French lampon, perhaps from lampons, let us drink (from a common refrain in drinking songs), first person pl. imperative of lamper, to gulp down, of Germanic origin.]
lam·poon'er, lam·poon'ist n., lam·poon'er·y n.
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Word Origin & History

lampoon  (n.)
1645, from Fr. lampon, of unknown origin, said by Fr. etymologists to be from lampons "let us drink," popular refrain for scurrilous 17c. songs, from lamper "to drink, guzzle," a nasalized form of laper "to lap." The verb is first attested 1657.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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