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Travesty
Definitions
- 1 An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.
"A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice."
- 2 a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way wordnet
- 3 A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).
- 4 a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations wordnet
- 5 An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior). proscribed, sometimes
"Spurs survived the scare - and such was their domination after the break that it would have been a travesty had Arsenal escaped Wembley, hosting a Premier League record attendance of 83,222, with a draw."
- 1 To make a travesty of; to parody. transitive
- 2 make a travesty of wordnet
Etymology
From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.
From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.
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