mazarinade means A scurrilous anti-governmental pamphlet published in mid-seventeenth-century France. It carries an Arena rating of 1304, earned across 17 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, mazarinade ranks #537 of 17,132 for Most Betrayed by Its Sound, #824 of 17,104 for Most Storied Words, #1,815 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words, #2,800 of 17,163 for Funniest Words.
Why “mazarinade” is a great word
MAZARINADE — [Noun] A scurrilous anti-governmental pamphlet published in mid-seventeenth-century France, specifically targeting Cardinal Jules Mazarin. From French *mazarinade*, from the name of Jules Mazarin, the chief minister and a popular target of such pamphlets. Unlike a “libel” (a legally actionable personal attack) or a “pamphlet” (a neutral, unbound publication), a mazarinade is a specific artifact of political warfare from the Fronde. It is cheap paper smeared with still-wet ink, a crude woodcut caricature of a cardinal’s face, and the whispered circulation of forbidden pages in a Parisian back room—the first, feverish bloom of public opinion as a physical weapon against the state.
Etymology
From French mazarinade, from Jules Mazarin, the chief minister and a popular target of such pamphlets.
noun
- A scurrilous anti-governmental pamphlet published in mid-seventeenth-century France.
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