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• Hudibrastic
  Hudibrastic

  adjective

  of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
• hudibrastic
  hudibrastic

  adjective

  mock-heroic in style

Hudibrastic

American  

[hyoo-duh-bras-tik, yoo-] / ˌhju dəˈbræs tɪk, ˌju- /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.

2. of a playful burlesque style.

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noun

1. a Hudibrastic couplet or stanza.

hudibrastic British  

/ ˌhjuːdɪˈbræstɪk /

adjective

1. mock-heroic in style

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Other Word Forms

• Hudibrastically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of Hudibrastic

1705–15; Hudibras + -tic

Example Sentences

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Hudibrastic

We confess we can find none—we can find nothing but a set purpose to be obscure, and an idiot captivity to the jingle of Hudibrastic rhyme.

From Early Reviews of English Poets by Haney, John Louis

I have always thought, moreover, that the Hudibrastic aphorism is worthy of practice, because nothing can be more evident than the fact that "—He who runs away May live to fight another day."

From Fifteen Years in Hell by Benson, Luther

In 1814, George illustrated a Life of Napoleon in Hudibrastic verse, by Dr. Syntax, not our friend Combe, but some anonymous admirer of his hero.

From Old Coloured Books by Paston, George

They sound Hudibrastic, but I cannot find them in Hudibras.

From Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

His Hudibrastic verses are poor scurrilous trash, as the reader may judge from the description of the Highlanders, already quoted.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition by Scott, Walter, Sir