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trav⋅es⋅ty
[trav-uh-stee] 
ə
noun, plural -ties, verb, -tied, -ty⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter. |
| 2. | a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model. |
| 3. | any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to make a travesty on; turn (a serious work or subject) to ridicule by burlesquing. |
| 5. | to imitate grotesquely or absurdly. |
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| trav·es·ty (trāv'ĭ-stē) n. pl. trav·es·ties
To make a travesty of; parody or ridicule. [From obsolete, disguised, burlesqued, from French travesti, past participle of travestir, to disguise, parody, from Italian travestire : Latin trāns-, trans- + Latin vestīre, to dress (from vestis, garment; see wes-2 in Indo-European roots).] |
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