burlesque
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burlesque
- /bə(ɹ)ˈlɛsk/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).
adjective more burlesque · most burlesque · burlesk
- Parodical; parodic 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.
noun burlesques · burlesk
- A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody. 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.
- A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
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A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
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?
Similar: imitation, caricature
verb burlesques · burlesquing · burlesqued · burlesk
- To make a burlesque parody of. 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. They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: parody, sendup, spoof, travesty, pasquinade, lampoon, mockery, charade, takeoff, farce, parodical, pantomimesque, pythonesque, pantomimical, parabolic, paragogical
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adj burlesque
| Français | burlesque |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | burlesk |
| Italiano | burlesco |
| Русский | пародийный parodijnyj |
noun parody
| Français | parodie |
|---|---|
| Italiano | caricatura |
| Русский | бурлеск burlesk |
noun variety adult entertainment show
| العربية | عَرْض مَسْرَحِيّ هَزْلِيّ ʕarḍ masraḥiyy hazliyy |
|---|
noun ludicrous imitation
| Deutsch | Burleske |
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title = {burlesque},
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