burlesquing

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Verb

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burlesquing

  1. present participle and gerund of burlesque

Noun

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burlesquing (plural burlesquings)

  1. An instance of burlesque.
    • 1923, Fred Lewis Pattee, Development of the American Short Story: An Historical Survey:
      According to Stoddard, a little group at one time during this period headed by Taylor delighted to meet on certain ambrosial nights to dissipate in poetic composition, in deliberate burlesquings and parodyings and imitatings of the various poets []