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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Travesty
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Fr. travestie, from travestir, to disguise, se travestir, to change one's clothes; Lat. trans, across, and vestige, to clothe), a burlesque, particularly a grotesque imitation of a serious work of literature or art, in which the subject, characters, &c., are retained, but the style, language and treatment generally are exaggerated and distorted to excite ridicule (see also Burlesque) .
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Travesty'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/travesty.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Travesty'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/t/travesty.html. 1910.
