satirical en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /səˈtɪɹɪkəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English satire Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English satirical From satire + -ical.
Meanings
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Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.
Given his remarks in The English People about the dangers of Standard English, and the fact that the satirical Newspeak of Nineteen Eighty-Four is an engineered language[…]
2000 October 15, John E. Joseph, Limiting the Arbitrary: Linguistic Naturalism and Its Opposites in Plato's Cratylus and Modern Theories of Language, →ISBN, page 155:Spitting Image was a famous satirical television program.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more satirical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most satirical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
satiricalness · satirically · semisatirical · nonsatirical · unsatirical
Synonyms
Translations (37)
fi satiirinen (of or pertaining to satire) · la satiricus (of or pertaining to satire) · el σατιρικός (of or pertaining to satire) · gd sgaiteach (of or pertaining to satire) · de satirisch (of or pertaining to satire) · it satirico (of or pertaining to satire) · ro satiric (of or pertaining to satire) · lv satīrisks (of or pertaining to satire) · bg сатири́чен (of or pertaining to satire) · da satirisk (of or pertaining to satire) · ga aorach (of or pertaining to satire) · cs satirický (of or pertaining to satire) · io satirema (of or pertaining to satire) · nl satirisch (of or pertaining to satire) · cy dychanol (of or pertaining to satire) · ast satíricu (of or pertaining to satire) · tl mapang-uroy (of or pertaining to satire) · fr satirique (of or pertaining to satire) · sl satiričen (of or pertaining to satire) · mk сатиричен (of or pertaining to satire) · pt satírico (of or pertaining to satire) · ja 風刺的な (of or pertaining to satire) · ca satíric (of or pertaining to satire) · pl satyryczny (of or pertaining to satire) · ht satirik (of or pertaining to satire) · gl satírico (of or pertaining to satire) · ru сатири́ческий (of or pertaining to satire) · be сатыры́чны (of or pertaining to satire) · nb satirisk (of or pertaining to satire) · sq satirik (of or pertaining to satire) · uk сатири́чний (of or pertaining to satire) · ko 풍자적 (of or pertaining to satire) · cmn 諷刺的 /讽刺的 (of or pertaining to satire) · sk satirický (of or pertaining to satire) · eo satira (of or pertaining to satire) · kk сатиралық (of or pertaining to satire) · es satírico (of or pertaining to satire)