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Satyrical :: Satyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy..

Macaronic :: Macaronic (a.) Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry..

Heroicomical :: Heroicomical (a.) Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical..

Valentine :: Valentine (n.) A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day..

Redoubtable :: Redoubtable (a.) Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque..

Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features..

Macaronic :: Macaronic (n.) A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots..

Burlesquer :: Burlesquer (n.) One who burlesques.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

Wight :: Wight (n.) A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language..

Parody :: Parody (n.) A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..

Travesty :: Travesty (n.) A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.

Parody :: Parody (v. t.) To write a parody upon; to burlesque.

Retiracy :: Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.

Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..

Burlesqued :: Burlesqued (imp. & p. p.) of Burlesqu.

Intermede :: Intermede (n.) A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera..

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