TRAVESTY
\tɹˈavəstˌi], \tɹˈavəstˌi], \t_ɹ_ˈa_v_ə_s_t_ˌi]\
Definitions of TRAVESTY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
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a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
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make a travesty of
By Princeton University
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a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way
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a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
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To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.
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Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; - applied to a book or shorter composition.
By Oddity Software
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A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.
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To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.
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Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; - applied to a book or shorter composition.
By Noah Webster.
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A burlesque or parody; any absurd or grotesque likeness.
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To parody; to represent so as to make ludicrous.
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Travestied.
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Travestying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Having on the vesture or dress of another: disguised so as to be ridiculous.
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A kind of burlesque in which the original characters are preserved, the situations parodied.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
