BURLESQUE
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Bur*lesque" (&unr_;), a. [F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr. burla jest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae trifles. See Bur.] Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
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It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
Addison.
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Bur*lesque" (&unr_;), n. 1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
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Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accouterments of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.
Addison.
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2. An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.
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The dull burlesque appeared with impudence,
And pleased by novelty in spite of sense.
Dryden.
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3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
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Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute?
Burke.
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Syn. -- Mockery; farce; travesty; mimicry.
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Bur*lesque" (&unr_;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burlesqued (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Burlesquing (&unr_;).] To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
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They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.
Stillingfleet.
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Bur*lesque", v. i. To employ burlesque.
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