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parody
(encz) | parody,parodie n: joe@hw.cz |
parody
(encz) | parody,výsměch n: Zdeněk Brož |
parody
(gcide) | parody \par"o*dy\ (p[a^]r"[-o]*d[y^]), n.; pl. Parodies
(p[a^]r"[-o]*d[i^]z). [L. parodia, Gr. parw,di`a; para`
beside + 'w,dh` a song: cf. F. parodie. See Para-, and
Ode.]
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1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author
is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in
which what is written on one subject is altered, and
applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
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The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's
"Hind and Panther" was received with great applause.
--Macaulay.
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2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]
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parody
(gcide) | parody \par"o*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. parodied; p. pr. & vb.
n. parodying.] [Cf. F. parodier.]
To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
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I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of
Horace. --Pope.
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parody
(wn) | parody
n 1: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's
style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon,
spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque,
travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]
2: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery,
takeoff]
v 1: make a spoof of or make fun of
2: make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" [syn:
spoof, burlesque, parody] |
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self-parody
(encz) | self-parody,parodování sebe sama n: Zdeněk Brož |
parodying
(gcide) | parody \par"o*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. parodied; p. pr. & vb.
n. parodying.] [Cf. F. parodier.]
To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
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I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of
Horace. --Pope.
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