Both Uses of
satire
in
Moby Dick
- It is therefore not in strict character, however admirably satirical, that after going to school himself, he should then go abroad inculcating not what he learned there, but the folly of it.†
Chpt 88-90 *
- He therefore held his peace on that head, but otherwise was quite frank and confidential with him, so that the two quickly concocted a little plan for both circumventing and satirizing the Captain, without his at all dreaming of distrusting their sincerity.†
Chpt 91-93standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Definition:
a way of making fun of people or ideas -- often through exaggeration
or:
a skit, essay, play, film or other literary work that uses such humor
or:
a skit, essay, play, film or other literary work that uses such humor