— 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 ]