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par"o*dy (păr"&ouptack_;*dӗ), n.; pl. Parodies (păr"&ouptack_;*dĭz). [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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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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