How to Spell satire
satire
satire - noun
- A literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary API
Etymology
Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin satura, satira, perhaps from (lanx) satura dish of mixed ingredients, from feminine of satur well-fed; akin to Latin satis enough {mat|sad|}
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