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pa⋅rod⋅ic

  [puh-rod-ik]
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–adjective
having or of the nature of a parody.
Also, pa⋅rod⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1820–30; parod(y) + -ic
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par·o·dy   (pār'ə-dē)   
n.   pl. par·o·dies
    1. A literary or artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of an author or a work for comic effect or ridicule. See Synonyms at caricature.
    2. The genre of literature comprising such works.
  2. Something so bad as to be equivalent to intentional mockery; a travesty: The trial was a parody of justice.
  3. Music The practice of reworking an already established composition, especially the incorporation into the Mass of material borrowed from other works, such as motets or madrigals.
tr.v.   par·o·died, par·o·dy·ing, par·o·dies
To make a parody of. See Synonyms at imitate.

[Latin parōdia, from Greek parōidiā : para-, subsidiary to; see para-1 + aoidē, ōidē, song; see wed-2 in Indo-European roots.]
pa·rod'ic (pə-rŏd'ĭk), pa·rod'i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj., par'o·dist n., par'o·dis'tic adj.
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Parodic

Pa*rod"ic\, Parodical \Pa*rod"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. parodique.] Having the character of parody.

Very paraphrastic, and sometimes parodical. --T. Warton.
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