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parody \par"o*dy\ (p[a^]r"[-o]*d[y^]), n.; pl. {Parodies}
(p[a^]r"[-o]*d[i^]z). [L. parodia, Gr. parw,di`a; para`
beside 'w,dh` a song: cf. F. parodie. See {Para-}, and
{Ode}.]
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1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author
is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in
which what is written on one subject is altered, and
applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
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The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's
"Hind and Panther" was received with great applause.
--Macaulay.
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2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]
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parody \par"o*dy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {parodied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {parodying}.] [Cf. F. parodier.]
To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
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I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of
Horace. --Pope.
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