Burlesquing

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of burlesque.

    "According to Stoddard, a little group at one time during this period headed by Taylor delighted to meet on certain ambrosial nights to dissipate in poetic composition, in deliberate burlesquings and parodyings and imitatings of the various poets […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of burlesque form-of, gerund, participle, present

Example

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"According to Stoddard, a little group at one time during this period headed by Taylor delighted to meet on certain ambrosial nights to dissipate in poetic composition, in deliberate burlesquings and parodyings and imitatings of the various poets […]"

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