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Hudibrastic
[ hyoo-duh-bras-tik, or, often, yoo- ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- of a playful burlesque style.
noun
- a Hudibrastic couplet or stanza.
hudibrastic
/ ˌhjuːdɪˈbræstɪk /
adjective
- mock-heroic in style
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Other Words From
- Hudi·brasti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hudibrastic1
1705–15; Hudibras + -tic
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hudibrastic1
C18: after Hudibras, poem (1663–68) by Samuel Butler
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Example Sentences
Ordinary narrative poems with no satiric intent were decked in Hudibrastic couplets for the sake of a superficial cleverness.
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This quotation from the opening of Combe's Hudibrastic narrative will account for the originality of the hero's eccentric title.
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It is a simple rendering in Hudibrastic verse of a familiar nursery story.
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His Hudibrastic verses are poor scurrilous trash, as the reader may judge from the description of the Highlanders, already quoted.
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