parody

English

Etymology

From Latin parodia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

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Noun

parody (plural parodies)

  1. A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
    • Macaulay
      The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause.
  2. (archaic) A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.

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Verb

parody (third-person singular simple present parodies, present participle parodying, simple past and past participle parodied)

  1. To make a parody of something.
    The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.

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Further reading

  • parody in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • parody in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • parody at OneLook Dictionary Search
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