parody
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin parodia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹədi/, /ˈpæɹədi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹədi/
- Hyphenation: par‧o‧dy
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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
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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
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Further reading[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