travesties
plural of travesty
Source: Wiktionary
Trav"es*ty, a. Etym: [F. travesti, p. p. of travestir to disguise, to travesty, It. travestire, fr. L. trans across, over + vestire to dress, clothe. See Vest.]
Definition: Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]
Trav"es*ty, n.; pl. Travesties (.
Definition: A burlesque translation or imitation of a work. The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first. De Quincey.
Trav"es*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Travestied; p. pr. & vb. n. Travesting.]
Definition: To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous. I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor. Bentley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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