Hudibrastic
of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
of a playful burlesque style.
a Hudibrastic couplet or stanza.
Origin of Hudibrastic
1Other words from Hudibrastic
- Hu·di·bras·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use Hudibrastic in a sentence
Ordinary narrative poems with no satiric intent were decked in Hudibrastic couplets for the sake of a superficial cleverness.
Aesop Dress'd | Bernard MandevilleThis quotation from the opening of Combe's Hudibrastic narrative will account for the originality of the hero's eccentric title.
Rowlandson the Caricaturist. Second Volume | Joseph GregoIt is a simple rendering in Hudibrastic verse of a familiar nursery story.
Charles Lamb | Walter JerroldHis Hudibrastic verses are poor scurrilous trash, as the reader may judge from the description of the Highlanders, already quoted.
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3) | Walter Scott
British Dictionary definitions for hudibrastic
/ (ˌhjuːdɪˈbræstɪk) /
mock-heroic in style
Origin of hudibrastic
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