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a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way

A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.

A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.

An acted riddle based on a word with several significant parts, each of which, as well as the word, is to be guessed from the representation.

A species of riddle, the subject of which is a word proposed for solution from an enigmatical description of its several svilables and of the whole; the charade is often acted.

A kind of riddle.

n. [French] A composition in which are described enigmatically the objects expressed by each syllable of a word separately, and then by the word as a whole.