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Stage 1 of 2
satura
Latin · ancient
"a mixed dish, a medley"
literally a mixed dish, a medley, describing an early poetic form mixing many subjects
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Stage 2 of 2
satire
English · 1500s
"the use of humor or exaggeration to criticize folly or vice"
settled as the English word for using humor or exaggeration to criticize
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