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.
burlesques
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pluralof burlesque.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof burlesque (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
burlesquenounan artistic composition, especially literary or dramatic, that, for the sake of laughter, vulgarizes lofty material or treats ordinary material with mock dignity.
Example Sentences
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These unconscious burlesques beat the premeditated article every time.
From Slate ● Dec. 31, 2019
What was once liberating now feels limiting, reducing our notions of power to hysterically pitched burlesques or tough-as-males drag.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2018
On Wednesday afternoon City Hall was planning to name her as New York’s first Nightlife Mayor, its ambassador at large to the late-night world of bars, burlesques and cabarets.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2018
“Ms. Pak-Man” is stuffed with burlesques of ’70s and ’80s music and video-game culture.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2017
The heroic plays, written in one or other metre, lived long, and expired in the burlesques of Fielding and Sheridan.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
