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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 216 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TRAVESTY (Fr. travestie, from travestir, to disguise, se travestir, to
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change one's clothes;
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Lat. trans, across, and vestire, to clothe) , a
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burlesque, particularly a
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grotesque
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imitation of a serious
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work of literature or
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art, in which the subject, characters, &c., are retained, but the
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style,
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language and treatment generally are exaggerated and distorted to excite ridicule (see also BURLESQUE) .

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