Lampoon (verb)
lam-poon
Publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm.
Mid 17th century from French lampon, said to be from lampons ‘let us drink’ (used as a refrain), from lamper ‘gulp down’, nasalized form of laper ‘to lap (liquid)’.
Example sentences
“He was being lampooned by the press and rightly so.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
