[sat.ire] n [MF or L; MF, fr. L satura, satira, perh. fr. (lanx) satura dish of mixed ingredients, fr. fem. of satur well-fed; akin to L satis enough--more at sad] (1501) 1: a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
2: trenchant wit, irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly syn see wit