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“burlesque”
1. A literary or dramatic work that ridicules a subject either by presenting a solemn subject in an undignified style or an inconsequential subject in a dignified style.
2. A ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty: The antics of the defense attorneys turned the trial into a burlesque of justice.
3. A variety show characterized by broad ribald comedy, dancing, and striptease.
4. The ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject. 5. From French, comical, from Italian burlesco, from burla, "joke", probably from Spanish, from Vulgar Latin burrula, diminutive of Late Latin burrae, "nonsense", from burra, "wool".
2. A ludicrous or mocking imitation; a travesty: The antics of the defense attorneys turned the trial into a burlesque of justice.
3. A variety show characterized by broad ribald comedy, dancing, and striptease.
4. The ludicrous or mocking treatment of a solemn subject. 5. From French, comical, from Italian burlesco, from burla, "joke", probably from Spanish, from Vulgar Latin burrula, diminutive of Late Latin burrae, "nonsense", from burra, "wool".