burlesque
n
1 an artistic work, esp. literary or dramatic, satirizing a subject by caricaturing it
2 a ludicrous imitation or caricature
3 a play of the 17th--19th centuries that parodied some contemporary dramatic fashion or event
4 (Also)
burlesk (U.S. and Canadian theatre) a bawdy comedy show of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the striptease eventually became one of its chief elements, (Slang name)
burleycue
adj
5 of, relating to, or characteristic of a burlesque
vb , -lesques, -lesquing, -lesqued
6 to represent or imitate (a person or thing) in a ludicrous way; caricature
(C17: from French, from Italian burlesco, from burla a jest, piece of nonsense)
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burlesquer n