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Found 2 items, similar to Travesty.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: travesty
travesty
n 1: a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable
situations [syn:
farce,
farce comedy]
2: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous
way [syn:
parody,
lampoon,
spoof,
sendup,
mockery,
takeoff,
burlesque,
charade,
pasquinade,
put-on]
v : make a travesty of
[also:
travestied]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Travesty
Travesty
\Trav"es*ty\, a. [F. travesti, p. p. of travestir to
disguise, to travesty, It. travestire, fr. L. trans across,
over + vestire to dress, clothe. See
Vest.]
Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; --
applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
Travesty
\Trav"es*ty\, n.; pl.
Travesties.
A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
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The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a
travesty of the first. --De Quincey.
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Travesty
\Trav"es*ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Travestied; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Travesting.]
To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render
ridiculous or ludicrous.
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I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman
toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor.
--Bentley.
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