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QUIZ YOURSELF ON “THEIR,” “THERE,” AND “THEY’RE”
Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.
Question 1 of 7
Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?
Origin of burlesque
synonym study for burlesque
1. Burlesque, caricature, parody, travesty refer to the literary or dramatic forms that imitate serious works or subjects to achieve a humorous or satiric purpose. The characteristic device of burlesque is mockery of both high and low through association with their opposites: a burlesque of high and low life. Caricature, usually associated with visual arts or with visual effects in literary works, implies exaggeration of characteristic details: The caricature emphasized his nose. Parody achieves its humor through application of the manner or technique, usually of a well-known writer, to unaccustomed subjects: a parody by Swift. Travesty implies a grotesque form of burlesque: characters so changed as to produce a travesty.
OTHER WORDS FROM burlesque
bur·lesque·ly, adverbbur·lesqu·er, nounpre·bur·lesque, adjectiveun·bur·lesqued, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH burlesque
burlesque , caricature, cartoon, parody, satire (see synonym study at the current entry)Words nearby burlesque
burlap, burlecue, burled, Burleigh, Burleson, burlesque, burletta, burley, burleycue, Burlingame, Burlington
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British Dictionary definitions for burlesque
burlesque
/ (bɜːˈlɛsk) /
noun
an artistic work, esp literary or dramatic, satirizing a subject by caricaturing it
a ludicrous imitation or caricature
a play of the 17th–19th centuries that parodied some contemporary dramatic fashion or event
Also: burlesk US and Canadian theatre a bawdy comedy show of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the striptease eventually became one of its chief elementsSlang name: burleycue
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of a burlesque
verb -lesques, -lesquing or -lesqued
to represent or imitate (a person or thing) in a ludicrous way; caricature
Derived forms of burlesque
burlesquer, nounWord Origin for burlesque
C17: from French, from Italian burlesco, from burla a jest, piece of nonsense
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