Meaning

noun a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

noun a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way

verb make a travesty of

originFrom French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear.…

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