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satirized

[sat-uh-rahyz] Origin

sat·i·rize

[sat-uh-rahyz]
verb (used with object), -rized, -riz·ing.
to attack or ridicule with satire.
Also, especially British, sat·i·rise.


Origin:
1595–1605; satire + -ize

sat·i·riz·a·ble, adjective
sat·i·ri·za·tion, noun
sat·i·riz·er, noun
non·sat·i·riz·ing, adjective
un·sat·i·riz·a·ble, adjective
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un·sat·i·rized, adjective
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Satirized is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

satirize
c.1600, from Fr. satiriser (see satire).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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