BURLESQUE

Burlesque

Burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. The word derives from the Italian burlesco, which, in turn, is derived from the Italian burla – a joke, ridicule or mockery.

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burlesque

Noun

  1. A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
  2. A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
  3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Verb

  1. To make a burlesque parody of
  2. To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

Adjective

  1. Parodical; parodic


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