burlesque
burlesque
nounDefinition of BURLESQUE
a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect <it is interesting to note that the first novel ever written in English was followed by a burlesque of it>
Related Words lampoon, mockery, satire; comedy, farce, humor, sketch, slapstick, squib; distortion, exaggeration; imitation, impersonation, mimicking
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