Travestier

//ˌtrævəˈstiər// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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

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"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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