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Burlesque :: Burlesque (a.) 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..

Caricature :: Caricature (v. t.) A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody.

Caricature :: Caricature (v. t.) To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.

Redoubtable :: Redoubtable (a.) Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero; hence, valiant; -- often in contempt or burlesque..

Heroicomical :: Heroicomical (a.) Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem..

Pantagruelism :: Pantagruelism (n.) The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Valentine :: Valentine (n.) A letter containing professions of love, or a missive of a sentimental, comic, or burlesque character, sent on St. Valentine's Day..

Satyrical :: Satyrical (a.) Of or pertaining to satyrs; burlesque; as, satyric tragedy..

Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features..

Burlesquer :: Burlesquer (n.) One who burlesques.

Burlesque :: Burlesque (v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language..

Burlesqued :: Burlesqued (imp. & p. p.) of Burlesqu.

Callithump :: Callithump (n.) A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari..

Intermede :: Intermede (n.) A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera..

Twain :: Twain (a. & n.) Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in poetry and burlesque..

Burlesque :: Burlesque (n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything..

Retiracy :: Retiracy (n.) Retirement; -- mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way.

Macaronic :: Macaronic (a.) Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry..

Travesty :: Travesty (n.) A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.

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