PARODY

I. noun (plural -dies) see: ode Date: 1598 a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule, a feeble or ridiculous imitation, see: caricature parodic adjective parodistic adjective II. transitive verb (-died; -dying) Date: circa 1745 to compose a ~ on , to imitate in the manner of a ~