travesty : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: travesty	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for travesty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
travesty n a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations Synonym(s): farce, farce comedy, travesty a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way Synonym(s): parody, lampoon, spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque, travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on v make a travesty of
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Travesty \Trav"es*ty\, a. [F. travesti, p. p. of travestir to disguise, to travesty, It. travestire, fr. L. trans across, over + vestire to dress, clothe. See {Vest}.] Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Travesty \Trav"esty\, n.; pl. {Travesties}. A burlesque translation or imitation of a work. The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty* of the first. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Travesty \Trav"es*ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Travestied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Travesting}.] To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous. I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor. --Bentley.