BURLESQUING
Verb
burlesquing
present participle of burlesque
Noun
burlesquing (plural burlesquings)
An instance of burlesque.
Source: Wiktionary
BURLESQUE
Bur*lesque", a. Etym: [F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr. burla
jest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae trifles. See
Bur.]
Definition: 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.
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.
Bur*lesque", n.
1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.
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.
2. An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter,
or to ridicule anything.
The dull burlesque appeared with impudence, And pleased by novelty in
spite of sense. Dryden.
3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross
perversion.
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.
Syn.
– Mockery; farce; travesty; mimicry.
Bur*lesque", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burlesqued; p. pr. & vb. n.
Burlesquing.]
Definition: To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation
in action or in language.
They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the
expression he used into ridicule. Stillingfleet.
Bur*lesque", v. i.
Definition: To employ burlesque.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition