Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - travesty
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Travesty
travesty
I. transitive verb (-tied; -tying) Date: 1673 to make a ~ of ; parody II. noun (plural -ties) Etymology: obsolete English ~ disguised, parodied, from French travesti, past participle of travestir to disguise, from Italian travestire, from tra- across (from Latin trans-) + vestire to dress, from Latin — more at vest Date: 1674 1. a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation usually grotesquely incongruous in style, treatment, or subject matter 2. a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation a ~ of justice Synonyms: see caricature
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) a grotesque misrepresentation or imitation (a travesty of justice). --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) make or be a travesty of. Etymology: (orig. adj.) f. F travesti past part. of travestir disguise, change the clothes of, f. It. travestire (as TRANS-, vestire clothe) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1. шарж; бурлеск 2. пародия; искажение a travesty of justice —- пародия на справедливость a travesty of the truth —- издевательство над истиной a travesty rather than a document —- издевательство, а не документ 3. театр. травести 4. пародировать, представлять пародию to travesty smb.'s manners —- пародировать чьи-л. манеры 5. искажать, плохо справляться (с чем-л.) to travesty the part of Hamlet —- испортить (провалить) роль Гамлета 6. изменять внешность ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun пародия; карикатура; a travesty of justice - пародия на справедливость Syn: see caricature 2. v. представлять пародию; пародировать; искажать ...Англо-русский словарь
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(travesties) If you describe something as a travesty of another thing, you mean that it is a very bad representation of that other thing. Her research suggests that Smith’s reputation today is a travesty of what he really stood for... N-COUNT: oft N of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n an extremely bad example of something; especially one that is very unfair or morally wrong and has the opposite result to the one it should have (O'Brien described his trial as a travesty of justice.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1674, from adj. meaning "dressed so as to be made ridiculous, parodied, burlesqued" (c.1662), from Fr. travesti "dressed in disguise," pp. of travestir "to disguise," from L. trans- "over" + vestire "to clothe." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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