feeble imitation

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• parody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. take off, imitation, travesty, burlesque. See copy, ridicule. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. travesty, caricature, burlesque, satire, lampoon, spoof, farce, imitation, mimicry, takeoff, pastiche, copy,… …   English dictionary for students

• parody — parodiable, adj. /par euh dee/, n., pl. parodies, v., parodied, parodying. n. 1. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet s soliloquy. 2. the genre of literary composition… …   Universalium

• parody — par•o•dy [[t]ˈpær ə di[/t]] n. pl. dies, 1) lit. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing 2) lit. the genre of literary composition represented by such imitations 3) any humorous, satirical, or burlesque… …   From formal English to slang

• parody — {{11}}parody (n.) 1590s (first recorded use in English is in Ben Jonson), from or in imitation of L. parodia parody, from Gk. paroidia burlesque song or poem, from para beside, parallel to (in this case, mock ) + oide song, ode (see ODE (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

• parodic — parody ► NOUN (pl. parodies) 1) an amusingly exaggerated imitation of the style of a writer, artist, or genre. 2) a feeble imitation. ► VERB (parodies, parodied) ▪ produce a parody of. DERIVATIVES paro …   English terms dictionary

• parodist — parody ► NOUN (pl. parodies) 1) an amusingly exaggerated imitation of the style of a writer, artist, or genre. 2) a feeble imitation. ► VERB (parodies, parodied) ▪ produce a parody of. DERIVATIVES paro …   English terms dictionary

• parody — ► NOUN (pl. parodies) 1) an amusingly exaggerated imitation of the style of a writer, artist, or genre. 2) a feeble imitation. ► VERB (parodies, parodied) ▪ produce a parody of. DERIVATIVES paro …   English terms dictionary

• parody — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 a humorous exaggerated imitation of an author, literary work, style, etc. 2 a feeble imitation; a travesty. v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 compose a parody of. 2 mimic humorously. Derivatives: parodic adj. parodist n. Etymology: LL… …   Useful english dictionary

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