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Brewer's: Satire

(2 syl.). Scaliger's derivation of this word from satyr is untenable. It is from satura (full of variety), satura lanx a hotchpotch or olla podrida. As maxumus, optumus, etc., became…

Hall, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Hall, Joseph, 1574–1656, English prelate and author. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and became bishop of Exeter, 1627–41, and of Norwich, 1641–47. The rise of…

The Devil's Dictionary: Satire

by Ambrose Bierce SATIETYSATYRSATIRE -n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this…

Sackville, Charles, 6th earl of Dorset

(Encyclopedia) Sackville, Charles, 6th earl of Dorset, 1638–1706, English poet and courtier. After the restoration, he became a member of the intimate circle of young rakes and wits at the court of…

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas

(Encyclopedia) Boileau-Despréaux, NicolasBoileau-Despréaux, Nicolasnēkôläˈ bwälōˈ-dāprāōˈ [key], 1636–1711, French literary critic and poet. He was the spokesman of classicism, drawing his principles…

Benavente y Martínez, Jacinto

(Encyclopedia) Benavente y Martínez, JacintoBenavente y Martínez, Jacintohäthēnˈtō bāˌnävānˈtā ē märtēˈnĕth [key], 1866–1954, Spanish dramatist, b. Madrid. He was awarded the 1922 Nobel Prize in…

Alarcón, Juan Ruiz de

(Encyclopedia) Alarcón, Juan Ruiz deAlarcón, Juan Ruiz dehwän r&oomacr;ēthˈ [key]Alarcón, Juan Ruiz de dā älärkōnˈ [key], 1581?–1639, Spanish dramatic poet, one of the great literary figures of…

Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of

(Encyclopedia) Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d earl of, 1647–80, English poet and courtier, b. Ditchley, Oxfordshire. Most notorious and dissolute of the Restoration rakes, he lost the favor of Charles II…