burlesqueadj/bə(ɹ)ˈlɛsk/

• 1

  datedParodical; parodic

  • It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
  • Podunk. A term applied to an imaginary place in burlesque writing or speaking.

burlesquenoun/bə(ɹ)ˈlɛsk/

• 1

  A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.

  • Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.
  • The dull burlesque appeared with impudence, / And pleased by novelty in spite of sense.
• 2

  A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.

• 3

  A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

  • Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute?

burlesqueverb/bə(ɹ)ˈlɛsk/

• 1

  To make a burlesque parody of.

  • When the venerable New York Times took my quote in which I described the neon elements as "burlesquing the myth of male dominance" and instead printed "he prefers to describe them as . . . symbols of male dominance" it became clear that dealing with journalists was going to be one long, rocky road.
• 2

  To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

  • They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.