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

Caricature :: Caricature (v. t.) To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.

Pantagruelism :: Pantagruelism (n.) The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.

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

Caricature :: Caricature (v. t.) A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.

Callithump :: Callithump (n.) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari..

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

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..

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. i.) To employ burlesque.

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 (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything..

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