burlesque
noun
an artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
burlesquer
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a word derived from
burlesque.
Example Sentences
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Say, when I was your age I didn't plan to be no bum burlesquer neither.
From Roast Beef, Medium by Edna Ferber
There are already enough serious actors of ordinary calibre, while the genuine burlesquer of Marie Dressler quality is rare indeed.
From Famous Prima Donnas by Lewis Clinton Strang
Her specialty is incongruity, for Marie Dressler is a burlesquer in thought, word, and deed, and being a burlesquer she is of necessity absolutely without illusions.
From Famous Prima Donnas by Lewis Clinton Strang
