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The Dunciad Writer

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noun

• English poet and satirist (1688-1744)

28%4 He wrote "The Dunciad"
noun

• the head of the Roman Catholic Church

• English poet and satirist (1688-1744)

28%6 Pope's "The Dunciad" is one
noun

• witty language used to convey insults or scorn

• a genre of literature and performing arts, in which shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming others

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