Dunciad

Noun

Meaning

Dunciad (plural Dunciads)

Any satirical poem like The Dunciad by Alexander Pope.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Anagrams

adducin

Examples

Together with John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera' and Swift's 'Gulliver's Travels' this first 'Dunciad' was part of a concerted propaganda assault against Walpole's Whig ministry and the financial revolution it stabilised. Source: Internet

In the 1728 version of the poem, the goddess Dulness notes that "Time himself stands still at her command,/ Realms shift their place, and Ocean turns to land" (Dunciad 1728, i, 69 70). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

duncher dunchi Dunchurch duncical duncify duncish