Travestier
//ˌtrævəˈstiər// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who makes a travesty of something.
"The travestier conceives that it is a palpable mistake to suppose Homer wrote his great poems seriously,—he considers that they are “ludicrous,” not “sublime” poems."
Example
More examples"The travestier conceives that it is a palpable mistake to suppose Homer wrote his great poems seriously,—he considers that they are “ludicrous,” not “sublime” poems."
Etymology
From travesty + -er.
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