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parody


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parody  \Par"o*dy\,  n.;  pl  {Parodies}.  [L.  parodia,  Gr  ?;  ? 
  beside  +  ?  a  song:  cf  F.  parodie.  See  {Para-},  and  {Ode}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  The  lively  parody  which  he  wrote  .  .  .  on  Dryden's 
  ``Hind  and  Panther''  was  received  with  great 
  applause.  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  A  popular  maxim,  adage,  or  proverb.  [Obs.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parody  \Par"o*dy\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Parodied};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Parodying}.]  [Cf.  F.  parodier.] 
  To  write  a  parody  upon  to  burlesque. 
 
  I  have  translated,  or  rather  parodied,  a  poem  of 
  Horace.  --Pope. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parody 
  n  1:  a  composition  that  imitates  somebody's  style  in  a  humorous 
  way  [syn:  {lampoon},  {spoof},  {sendup},  {mockery},  {takeoff}, 
  {burlesque},  {travesty},  {charade},  {pasquinade}] 
  2:  humorous  or  satirical  mimicry  [syn:  {mockery},  {takeoff}] 
  v  1:  make  a  spoof  of  make  fun  of  [syn:  {spoof}] 
  2:  make  a  parody  of  "The  students  spoofed  the  teachers"  [syn: 
  {spoof},  {burlesque}] 




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