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Result for 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.
Burlesque
(n.)
Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
Burlesque
(n.)
An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
Burlesque
(n.)
A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
Burlesque
(v. t.)
To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
Burlesque
(v. i.)
To employ burlesque.