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• parody — I. noun (plural dies) Etymology: Latin parodia, from Greek parōidia, from para + aidein to sing more at ode Date: 1598 1. a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule 2. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• PARODY, HEBREW — Parody in Early Hebrew Literature Parody is the use of a recognizable literary form as a vehicle to ridicule or mock something or someone. The writer takes a well known, serious work as his model and invests it with new and amusing contents, at… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Parody music — Parody music, or musical parody, involves changing or recycling existing (usually very well known) musical ideas or lyrics or copying the peculiar style of a composer or artist, or even a general style of music. Although the result is often funny …   Wikipedia

• 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. [1913 Webster] I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace. Pope. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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 — A parody (pronounced|ˈpɛɹədiː US, [Help:IPA| [ˈpaɹədiː] UK), in contemporary usage, is a work created to mock, comment on, or poke fun at an original work, its subject, or author, by means of humorous or satiric imitation. As the literary… …   Wikipedia

• 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 — {{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

• 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

• 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 — /ˈpærədi / (say paruhdee) noun (plural parodies) 1. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing. 2. the kind of literary composition represented by such imitations. 3. a burlesque imitation of a musical… …