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Webster 1913 Edition

parody

par′o-dy

(păr′ō̍-dy̆)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Parodies
(păr′ō̍-dĭz)
.
[L.
parodia
, Gr.
παρω,δία
;
παρά
beside +
ὠ,δή
a song: cf. F.
parodie
. See
Para-
, and
Ode
.]
1.
A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
The lively
parody
which he wrote . . . on Dryden’s “Hind and Panther” was received with great applause.
Macaulay.
2.
A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
[Obs.]

par′o-dy

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
parodied
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
parodying
.]
[Cf. F.
parodier
.]
To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
I have translated, or rather
parodied
, a poem of Horace.
Pope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Parody

PAR'ODY

,
Noun.
[Gr. ode.]
1.
A kind of writing in which the words of an author or his thoughts are, by some slight alterations, adapted to a different purpose; a kind of poetical pleasantry, in which verses written on one subject, are altered and applied to another by way of burlesque.
2.
A popular maxim, adage or proverb.

PAR'ODY

,
Verb.
T.
To alter, as verses or words, and apply to a purpose different from that of the original.
I have translated, or rather parodied a poem of Horace.

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