mordant satire

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• mordant — mordant, ante [ mɔrdɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. m. • XIIe; de mordre I ♦ Adj. Qui mord, attaque. 1 ♦ Vén. Bêtes mordantes, qui se défendent en mordant (blaireau, loup, loutre, ours …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• SATIRE — Il ne s’agira dans cet article que de la satire littéraire. Or, même littéraire, la satire est une des formes les plus difficiles à cerner. Où la tragédie et la comédie, voire le roman, offrent l’appui, même incertain, d’une formule consacrée, et …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• satire — /sat uyeur/, n. 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3 …   Universalium

• SATIRE — n. f. Ouvrage en vers, fait pour reprendre, pour tourner en ridicule, pour châtier les vices et les sottises des hommes. Satire d’Horace, de Juvénal, de Boileau. Satire contre l’avarice, contre l’ambition. Sanglante satire. Satire piquante. Fine… …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

• mordant — mor|dant [ˈmo:dənt US ˈmo:r ] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: , present participle of mordre to bite , from Latin mordere] mordant wit/satire/humour formal unkind and insulting humour etc that is also funny = ↑biting ▪ The play s mordant… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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