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单词 travesteere
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travesteerev.

Forms: 1600s travesteere, 1600s–1700s travesteer.
Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: travesty n., -eer suffix2; travesty v.
Etymology: Either < travesty n. + -eer suffix2, or an alteration of travesty v. after verbs in -eer suffix2.Dutch travesteeren and German travestieren (both < French) are both first attested considerably later than the English verb (respectively 1798 and 1767; both < French). Compare also the Romance verbs cited at travesty v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To ridicule or debase (a work, argument, etc.). Cf. travesty v. 2.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > misrepresent [verb (transitive)] > by caricature
travesty1667
travesteere1672
caricature1749
parody1801
1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 44 Who by a perverse Wit and Representation might travesteere the Scripture.
1675 V. Alsop Anti-Sozzo iii. 132 They who first taught this..Age to Travesteere serious matters.
1718 Scourge Scourged 5 By perverse Wits and Representations, he might not only traversteer [sic] the Scripture, but undermine the Government.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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