Meaning Of The Word Burlesque
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Burlesque Meaning
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burlesque
variable noun: A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this. burlesque in American English any broadly comic or satirical imitation, as of a writing, play, etc.; derisive caricature; parody derisively or comically imitating to imitate derisively or comically; parody adjective: involving ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject intransitive verb: to use caricature noun: an artistic composition, esp. literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity transitive verb: to make ridiculous by mocking representation burlesque in British English noun: an artistic work, esp literary or dramatic, satirizing a subject by caricaturing it |
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