BURLESQUE (3)

burlesque (3). Burlesque, a. merry, jocular, ridiculing, droll

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Bur‐lesque″ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burlesqued (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Burlesquing (�).] To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language. They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule. Stillingfleet.