parody
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin parodia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (“parody”), from παρά (“besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidē, “song”).
Noun [edit]
parody (plural parodies)
- A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
- Macaulay
- The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause.
- Macaulay
- (archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
Translations [edit]
expression making fun of something else
Verb [edit]
parody (third-person singular simple present parodies, present participle parodying, simple past and past participle parodied)
- To make a parody of something.
- The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.
Translations [edit]
to make a parody of something
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
- parody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- parody in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- parody at OneLook Dictionary Search