burlesque

Meanings

Adjective

• Parodical; parodic

Noun

• A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
• A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
• A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Verb

• To make a burlesque parody of.
• To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

Origin

• Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco ("parodic").