Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - burlesque
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Burlesque
burlesque
~1 n 1 speech, acting, or writing in which a serious subject is made to seem silly or an unimportant subject is treated in a serious way 2 AmE a performance involving a mixture of comedy and striptease, popular in America in the past (a burlesque house) ~2 v to make a serious subject seem silly to amuse people
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(burlesques) A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this. The book read like a black comic burlesque. ...a trio of burlesque Moscow stereotypes. N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: ~, adjective, comic, droll, from French, from Italian burlesco, from burla joke, from Spanish Date: 1667 1. a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation 2. mockery usually by caricature 3. theatrical entertainment of a broadly humorous often earthy character consisting of short turns, comic skits, and sometimes striptease acts Synonyms: see caricature • ~ adjective • ~ly adverb II. verb (~d; burlesquing) Date: 1676 transitive verb to imitate in a humorous or derisive manner ; mock intransitive verb to employ ~ • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n., adj., & v. --n. 1 a comic imitation, esp. in parody of a dramatic or literary work. b a performance or work of this kind. c bombast, mock-seriousness. 2 US a variety show, often including striptease. --adj. of or in the nature of burlesque. --v.tr. (burlesques, burlesqued, burlesquing) make or give a burlesque of. Derivatives burlesquer n. Etymology: F f. It. burlesco f. burla mockery ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. бурлеск 2. пародия, карикатура 3. ам. низкопробное представление со стриптизом (в кафешантане) 4. муз. бурлеска 5. шуточный, пародийный 6. пародировать; представлять в комическом виде ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun бурлеск; пародия; карикатура; amer. эстрадное представление с элементами фарса Syn: see caricature 2. adj. шуточный 3. v. пародировать ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1667, "derisive imitation, grotesque parody," from Fr. burlesque, from It. burlesco, from burla "joke, fun, mockery," possibly ult. from L.L. burra "trifle, nonsense," lit. "flock of wool." Modern sense of "variety show" is Amer.Eng., 1870. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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