burlesquingn.
/bəːˈlɛskɪŋ/ Ridiculing by grotesque imitation or travestying. (Chiefly gerundial.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation
mock1646
travestya1668
burlesquing1677
parody1730
burlesque1753
taking off1755
ludicrism1830
masquerade1847
caricaturing1859
charade1871
spoofing1920
piss-taking1967
1677 W. Sherlock Answer Scandalous Pamphlet 70 Lying and slandering, and burlesquing Religion are certainly much greater impieties, than wearing a Surplice, or using a sober Form of Prayer.
1699 G. Farquhar Love & Bottle i. 3 His imitation was down-right burlesquing it.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 247 Burlesquing the gods was always a capital resource of the comic poets.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
burlesquingadj.
/bəːˈlɛskɪŋ/ That burlesques.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [adjective] > mockingly imitative > that ridicules by imitation
burlesquing1688
spoofing1920
1688 W. Darrel Vindic. St. Ignatius 19 Vent your Burlesquing Vein till Dooms-Day.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Mar. 5/1 In sarcastic and yet burlesquing mood.
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