travesty

Meanings

Noun

• An absurd or grotesque misrepresentation.
• A parody or stylistic imitation.
• A grossly inferior imitation.
• An appalling version of something.

Verb

• To make a travesty of; to parody.

Related

Similar words

• caricature
• feign

Opposite words

• veracity

Origin

• From French travesti, past participle of travestir, borrowed from Italian travestire, from tra- + vestire, from Latin vestiō ("to clothe, dress"), from Proto-Italic *westis, from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis ("dressing") from verbal root *wes-; cognate to English wear. transvest.