HUDIBRASTIC


Meaning of HUDIBRASTIC in English

— Hudibrastically , adv.

/hyooh'deuh bras"tik/ , or, often, /yooh'-/ , adj.

1. of, pertaining to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663-78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.

2. of a playful burlesque style.

n.

3. a Hudibrastic couplet or stanza.

[ 1705-15; Hudibras + -TIC ]

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