BURLESQUING

Meaning of BURLESQUING in English

( p. pr. & vb. n. )

of Burlesque

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BURLESQUING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Burlesque
Английский словарь Webster
BURLESQUING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of burlesque.
Webster English vocab
SATYR PLAY — noun Date: 1929 a comic play of ancient Greece burlesquing a mythological subject and having a chorus representing satyrs
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOCK-HEROIC — I. adjective Date: circa 1712 ridiculing or burlesquing heroic style, character, or action , ~ally adverb II. noun Date: 1728 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DROLLERY — noun (plural -eries) Date: 1597 something that is droll, the act or an instance of jesting or burlesquing, whimsical humor
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BURLESQUE — I. noun Etymology: ~, adjective, comic, droll, from French, from Italian burlesco, from burla joke, from Spanish Date: 1667 a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PANTOMIME — I. ˈpantəˌmīm, ˈpaan- also -ˌmēm; ÷ -ˌmīn noun Etymology: Latin pantomimus, from Greek pantomimos actor, mimic, from pant- + mimos …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOCK-HEROIC — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : ridiculing or burlesquing the heroic style, character, or action a mock-heroic poem 2. : extravagantly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COPY — I. ˈkäpē, -pi noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English copie, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin & Latin; Medieval …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PASCOLA — päˈskōlə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Yaqui pahko' ola, literally, old man of the fiesta : a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DROLLERY — ˈdrōl(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: French drôlerie, from drôle droll + -erie -ery 1. : something that is …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRAVESTY — /trav"euh stee/ , n. , pl. travesties , v. , travestied, travestying . n. 1. a literary or artistic burlesque …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOCK-HEROIC — — mock-heroically , adv. /mok"hi roh"ik/ , adj. 1. imitating or burlesquing that which is heroic, as in manner, character, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BURLESQUE — — burlesquely , adv. — burlesquer , n. /beuhr lesk"/ , n., adj., v., burlesqued, burlesquing . n. 1. an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOCK-HEROIC — I. ˌmäk-hi-ˈrō-ik, ˌmȯk- adjective Date: circa 1712 : ridiculing or burlesquing heroic style, character, or action a mock-heroic poem • …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SATYR PLAY — Date: 1929 : a comic play of ancient Greece burlesquing a mythological subject and having a chorus representing satyrs
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DROLLERY — noun ( plural -er·ies ) Date: 1597 1. : something that is droll ; especially : a comic picture or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BURLESQUE — [ bə:'lɛsk ] ■ noun 1》 a comically exaggerated imitation, especially in a literary or dramatic work; a parody. 2》 …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SATYR PLAY — [satyr play] n (1929): a comic play of ancient Greece burlesquing a mythological subject and having a chorus representing satyrs
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOCK-HEROIC — [mock-he.ro.ic] adj (ca. 1712): ridiculing or burlesquing heroic style, character, or action "a ~ poem" -- mock-he.ro.ical.ly adv [2]mock-heroic n …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DROLLERY — [droll.ery] n, pl -er.ies (1597) 1: something that is droll; esp: a comic picture or drawing 2: the act or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHOWBOAT — floating theatre that tied up at towns along the waterways of the southern and midwestern United States, especially along the …
Britannica English vocabulary
GILBERT, SIR W(ILLIAM) S(CHWENK) — born Nov. 18, 1836, London died May 29, 1911, Harrow Weald, Middlesex, Eng. English playwright and humorist best known for …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOCK — v., adj., & n. --v. 1 a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BURLESQUE — n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a comic imitation, esp. in parody of a dramatic or literary work. b a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOCK — v., adj., & n. v. 1 a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BURLESQUE — n., adj., & v. n. 1 a comic imitation, esp. in parody of a dramatic or literary work. b a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOCK — v., adj., & n. --v. 1. a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or …
Oxford English vocab
BURLESQUE — n., adj., & v. --n. 1. a comic imitation, esp. in parody of a dramatic or literary work. b a …
Oxford English vocab

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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