Bible Dictionaries
Burlesque

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.

(2):

(v. t.) To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.

(3):

(n.) Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

(4):

(n.) An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.

(5):

(v. i.) To employ burlesque.

(6):

(n.) A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Burlesque'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/burlesque.html. 1828.