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TRAVESTY (Fr. travestie, from travest...
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V27,
Page 216
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See also:TRAVESTY (Fr. travestie, from travestir, to disguise, se travestir, to See also:change one's clothes; See also:Lat. trans, across, and vestire, to clothe) , a See also:burlesque, particularly a See also:grotesque See also:imitation of a serious See also:work of literature or See also:art, in which the subject, characters, &c., are retained, but the See also:style, See also:language and treatment generally are exaggerated and distorted to excite ridicule (see also BURLESQUE) . |
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