travesty

Definitions

1. 1.Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]
2. 2.A burlesque translation or imitation of a work. The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first. De Quincey.
3. 3.To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous. I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor. Bentley.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is travesty.

• What is disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.] called?
• What is a burlesque translation or imitation of a work. The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first. De Quincey called?
• What is to translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous. I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor. Bentley called?