Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parody"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Parody \Par"o*dy\, n.; pl. {Parodies}. [L. parodia, Gr. ?; ?
beside + ? a song: cf. F. parodie. See {Para-}, and {Ode}.]
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.
The lively parody which he wrote . . . on Dryden's
``Hind and Panther'' was received with great
applause. --Macaulay.
2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of
Horace. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
parody
n 1: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous
way [syn: {lampoon}, {spoof}, {sendup}, {mockery}, {takeoff},
{burlesque}, {travesty}, {charade}, {pasquinade}, {put-on}]
2: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: {mockery}, {takeoff}]
v 1: make a spoof of; make fun of [syn: {spoof}]
2: make a parody of; "The students spoofed the teachers" [syn:
{spoof}, {burlesque}]
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