From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Satire \Sat"ire\ (?; in Eng. often ?; 277), n. [L. satira,
satura, fr. satura (sc. lanx) a dish filled with various
kinds of fruits, food composed of various ingredients, a
mixture, a medley, fr. satur full of food, sated, fr. sat,
satis, enough: cf. F. satire. See {Sate}, {Sad}, a., and cf.
{Saturate}.]
1. A composition, generally poetical, holding up vice or
folly to reprobation; a keen or severe exposure of what in
public or private morals deserves rebuke; an invective
poem; as, the Satires of Juvenal.
[1913 Webster]
2. Keeness and severity of remark; caustic exposure to
reprobation; trenchant wit; sarcasm.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Lampoon; sarcasm; irony; ridicule; pasquinade;
burlesque; wit; humor.
[1913 Webster] Satiric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
satire
n 1: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used
sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the
stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do
generally discover everybody's face but their own"--
Jonathan Swift [syn: {sarcasm}, {irony}, {satire}, {caustic
remark}]
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Satire /zatiːrə/
satire; skit
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