lampoon

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LAMPOON', noun A personal satire in writing; abuse; censure written to reproach and vex rather than to reform. LAMPOON', verb transitive To abuse with personal censure; to reproach in written satire.
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