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Parodical; parodic
* Addison
A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
* Addison
* Dryden
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A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
* Burke
To make a parody of
* {{quote-news, 1988, February 5, Billie Lawless, Laying Down the Lawless, Chicago Reader
, passage=When the venerable New York Times took my quote in which I described the neon elements as "burlesquing the myth of male dominance" and instead printed "he prefers to describe them as . . . symbols of male dominance" it became clear that dealing with journalists was going to be one long, rocky road.}}
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
* Stillingfleet
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
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As an adjective burlesque
is parodical; parodic.As a noun burlesque
is a derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.As a verb burlesque
is to make a parody of.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.burlesque
English
(wikipedia burlesque)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
Derived terms
* burlesquelyNoun
(en noun)- Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.
- The dull burlesque appeared with impudence, / And pleased by novelty in spite of sense.
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- Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute?
Synonyms
* (parody) lampoon, travestyVerb
(burlesqu)citation
- They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.