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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bur•lesque /bɚˈlɛsk/USA pronunciation n. - Literaturea comic piece that imitates or makes fun of a subject, as of fancy literary or dramatic pieces, etc.: [countable]a burlesque of odes to nature.[uncountable]Some of the best criticisms of that society come from burlesque.
- Show Businessa stage show featuring vulgar comic and striptease acts: [uncountable]Burlesque in the early 1900's in America was not hard to break into.[countable]We went to several burlesques.
adj. [usually before a noun] - Show Businessof, relating to, or like stage-show burlesque:burlesque shows.
burlesque, caricature, parody, travesty refer to pieces of writing or plays in a theater that imitate works or subjects in order to achieve a humorous purpose. The device of burlesque is making fun of serious or light subjects through comparison with their opposites: a burlesque of high and low life. caricature, usually associated with drawings, cartoons, or other visual effects in literary works, uses exaggeration of the details that everyone knows about a character or thing: The caricature emphasized his large nose. parody achieves its humor through applying the style or technique of writing (words, phrases, sentences, conversations) of a well-known work or author to some other, unexpected subjects: a parody of Hemingway. travesty takes a serious subject and uses a style or language that seems absurd: a travesty of a senator making a speech. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bur•lesque (bər lesk′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -lesqued, -lesquing. n. - Literaturean artistic composition, esp. literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
- any ludicrous parody or grotesque caricature.
- Show BusinessAlso, bur•lesk′. a humorous and provocative stage show featuring slapstick humor, comic skits, bawdy songs, striptease acts, and a scantily clad female chorus.
adj. - involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject.
- Show Businessof, pertaining to, or like stage-show burlesque.
v.t. - to make ridiculous by mocking representation.
v.i. - to use caricature.
- Spanish; compare burladero) + -esco -esque
- Italian burlesco, equivalent. to burl(a) jest (perh.
- French
- 1650–60
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged satire, lampoon, farce. Burlesque, caricature, parody, travesty refer to the literary or dramatic forms that imitate serious works or subjects to achieve a humorous or satiric purpose. The characteristic device of burlesque is mockery of both high and low through association with their opposites:a burlesque of high and low life.Caricature, usually associated with visual arts or with visual effects in literary works, implies exaggeration of characteristic details:The caricature emphasized his nose.Parody achieves its humor through application of the manner or technique, usually of a well-known writer, to unaccustomed subjects:a parody by Swift.Travesty implies a grotesque form of burlesque:characters so changed as to produce a travesty.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: burlesque /bɜːˈlɛsk/ n - an artistic work, esp literary or dramatic, satirizing a subject by caricaturing it
- a ludicrous imitation or caricature
- Also: burlesk US Canadian a bawdy comedy show of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the striptease eventually became one of its chief elements
adj - of, relating to, or characteristic of a burlesque
vb ( -lesques, -lesquing, -lesqued)- to represent or imitate (a person or thing) in a ludicrous way; caricature
Etymology: 17th Century: from French, from Italian burlesco, from burla a jest, piece of nonsenseburˈlesquer n |