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
“Ms. Pak-Man” is stuffed with burlesques of ’70s and ’80s music and video-game culture.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 9, 2017
At 56, after nearly 40 years of musical burlesques, the accordion-grinding pop satirist has scored his first top-of-the-pops CD with the album Mandatory Fun.
From Time ● Aug. 1, 2014
Since kings and emperors ceased to amuse their guests with similar burlesques, I know not if the world has witnessed "fooling" on so large a scale.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton
