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Webster 1828 Edition


Burlesk

BURLESK'

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Adj.
[The termination esque answers to Eng.] Jocular; tending to excite laughter by ludicrous images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with gravity.

Definition 2024


burlesk

burlesk

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

burlesk (neuter singular burlesk, definite singular and plural burleske)

  1. burlesque (attributive)

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian burlesco and French burlesque

Adjective

burlesk (neuter singular burlesk, definite singular and plural burleske)

  1. burlesque (attributive)

References