Menippean

adjective2

1. •
   Of or relating to the Ancient Greek cynic parodist and polemicist Menippus (3rd century BCE).
2. •
   Of or relating to a form of satire, usually in prose, which has a length and structure similar to a novel and is characterized by attacking mental attitudes instead of specific individuals.

   • Without a doubt, the most unusual, the most conspicuous, and the most Menippean feature of the curious verbal landscape of Finnegans Wake is the ten 'thunderclaps.' — 1997