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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024trav•es•ty /ˈtrævəsti/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ties. - a poor or contemptible copy or likeness of something:Arresting an innocent man and then locking him up is a travesty of justice.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trav•es•ty (trav′ə stē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, v., -tied, -ty•ing. n. - a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.
- a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.
- any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation:a travesty of justice.
v.t. - to make a travesty on;
turn (a serious work or subject) to ridicule by burlesquing. - to imitate grotesquely or absurdly.
- Latin vestīre; see vest
- Latin trāns- trans-) + vestire to clothe
- Italian travestire, equivalent. to tra- (
- French travesti, past participle of travestir to disguise
- 1655–65
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See burlesque.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mockery, perversion, sham, distortion.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: travesty /ˈtrævɪstɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- a farcical or grotesque imitation; mockery; parody
vb ( -ties, -tying, -tied)- (transitive) to make or be a travesty of
Etymology: 17th Century: from French travesti disguised, from travestir to disguise, from Italian travestire, from tra- trans- + vestire to clothe |