burlesqueadj.n.

Brit.

/bəːˈlɛsk/, U.S.

/ˌbərˈlɛsk/

Etymology: < French burlesque, < Italian burlesco < burla ridicule, mockery.

A. adj.

†1. Droll in look, manner or speech; jocular; odd, grotesque. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > comical

merryc1390

pleasant1553

comical1575

mowsome1596

zany1616

burlesque1656

humoursome1656

farce-like1681

foolish1691

farcical1715

amusive1727

farciful1731

funny1739

farcic1763

quizzical1785

quizzy1785

quizzish1792

rib-tickling1809

smileable1830

cocasse1868

priceless1907

skit1914

funny-ha-ha1916

gas1955

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Burlesque (Ital.) drolish, merry, pleasant.

1684 Bucaniers Amer. (ed. 2) i. 2 On his head he put a sutable cap which was made very burlesque.

1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 5 Graham speaks of Fuller as extravagant and burlesque in his manners.

1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 299 Such was the burlesque origin of the ministry of three days.

a. Of the nature of derisive imitation; ironically bombastic, mock-heroic or mock-pathetic; now chiefly said of literary or oratorical compositions and dramatic representations; formerly (quot. 1712) also of pictorial caricatures. In burlesque author, burlesque poet, burlesque actor = a writer of burlesque literature, an actor of burlesque parts, there is a mixture of the attributive use of the noun in B.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > parodic or burlesque

doggerel?1550

burlesquea1700

parodiousa1704

parodical1774

parodial1807

caricaturish1819

parodic1828

parodistic1845

a1700 Sc. Pasquils (1868) 285 I shall not here, with burlesque penners, Carp at her beauty.

1712 J. Hughes in Spectator No. 537. ⁋2 Those burlesque Pictures, which the Italians call Caracatura's.

1714 Spectator No. 616. ⁋2 Our little burlesque authors, who are the delight of ordinary readers.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 247 Our nation can boast..poems of the burlesque kind.

1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xxiii. 351 Cathleen sung..a little Gaelic song, the burlesque elegy of a countryman on the loss of his cow.

1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1854) II. 552 Burlesque romances in the sweetest Tuscan.

b. quasi-n.

ΚΠ

1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. Pref. p. vi No two Species of Writing can differ more widely than the Comic and the Burlesque .

1779 S. Johnson Cowley in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets I. 96 A..pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque.

1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing i. 52 This..borders..on the burlesque in representation.

B. n.

1. That species of literary composition, or of dramatic representation, which aims at exciting laughter by caricature of the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects; a literary or dramatic work of this kind. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > parody or burlesque

parody1607

burlesque1667

travestya1668

caricatura1732

caricature1756

skit1820

take-off1845

1667 W. Temple in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 123 I hear Mr. Waller is turned to burlesque among them, while he is alive.

1709 Tatler No. 63. ⁋2 The Burlesque of Virgil himself has passed, among Men of little Taste, for Wit.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. 130 Witty burlesques of the noblest performances.

1867 M. E. Braddon R. Godwin ii. 24/2 The..night..on which the new burlesque was to be performed.

1869 Daily News 7 Jan. For the last fifteen years, burlesque has been driving pantomime off the stage.

2. Grotesque imitation of what is, or is intended to be, dignified or pathetic, in action, speech, or manner; concrete an action or performance which casts ridicule on that which it imitates, or is itself ridiculous as an unsuccessful attempt at serious impressiveness; a mockery.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation

mock1646

travestya1668

burlesquing1677

parody1730

burlesque1753

taking off1755

ludicrism1830

masquerade1847

caricaturing1859

charade1871

spoofing1920

piss-taking1967

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation > an act or instance of

parody1607

caricatura1752

burlesque1753

caricature1767

take-off1845

send-up1958

piss-take1975

1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 31 Were it [the wig] to be worn as large again, it would become a burlesque.

1772 J. Wesley Jrnl. 3 May Why is such a burlesque upon public worship suffered?

1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) II. iv. vi. 213 The representative system..established in Scotland previously to the Reform Act, was..a burlesque of all principle.

a. U.S. The concluding portion of a blackface minstrel entertainment, containing dialogue and sketches.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > performance of black minstrels > part of

burlesque1857

1857 Porter's Spirit of Times I. 344/3 The nightly concert which precedes the burlesque.

c1864 Corsican Twins t-p. (D.A.E.) An Ethiopian Burlesque..As performed by Griffin & Christy's Minstrels.

1957 Oxf. Compan. Theatre (ed. 2) 556/1 The third part [sc. of a Negro minstrel show] consisted of after-pieces—farces, comic opera, or burlesque.

b. Originally and chiefly U.S. A variety show, frequently featuring strip-tease. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun]

varieties1604

olio1688

burlesque1870

vaudeville1911

cine-variety1928

1870 T. A. Brown Hist. Amer. Stage 66/2 She..reappeared during the winter of 1868, at the Fifth Avenue Opera House, New York, in burlesque.

1870 O. Logan Before Footlights 563 There are numberless people..who are utterly unable to see any difference between the dancing of a ballet-girl and the caperings of a jigging burlesque woman.

1887 ‘M. Corelli’ Thelma II. ii. iv. 217 You'd better not go to the Brilliant Theatre to-night—it's only a burlesque, and is sure to be vulgar and noisy.

1895 N.Y. Dramatic News 12 Oct. 5/3 The only burlesque show in town [sc. Chicago].

1930 C. Wittke Tambo & Bones iv. 158 Cheap burlesque ‘girl’ shows.

1956 N.Y. Times 10 Dec. 33/6 [The License Commissioner] felt burlesque was ‘synonymous with the strip tease and the dialogue of unvarnished salaciousness’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

burlesquev.

Brit.

/bəːˈlɛsk/, U.S.

/ˌbərˈlɛsk/

Etymology: < burlesque adj.

a. transitive. To turn into ridicule by grotesque parody or imitation; to caricature, travesty.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule or mock by imitation

mocka1616

buffoon1638

mimic1671

burlesque1676

parody1733

caricature1749

to take off1750

travesty1825

grotesque1875

cartoon1884

spoof1927

to send up1931

1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. I It seem'd a piece of Wit..to Burlesque them in earnest.

a1764 R. Lloyd Epist. to Colman in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 167 Ere I burlesqu'd the rural cit.

1804–6 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) xi. 136 Cervantes has burlesqued the old romances.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 600 Prior burlesqued..the bombastic verses in which Boileau had celebrated the first taking of Namur.

b. intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (intransitive)] > ridicule by imitation

burlesque1680

1680 Du Moulin's Adv. Ch. Eng. towards Rome 31 Dr. Patrick joins hands with them in burlesquing upon the doctrine.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 27 The Poet shall be burlesqu'd upon with his own doggrel rythms.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	burlesque
释义	burlesqueadj.n. Brit. /bəːˈlɛsk/, U.S. /ˌbərˈlɛsk/ Etymology: < French burlesque, < Italian burlesco < burla ridicule, mockery. A. adj. †1. Droll in look, manner or speech; jocular; odd, grotesque. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > comical merryc1390 pleasant1553 comical1575 mowsome1596 zany1616 burlesque1656 humoursome1656 farce-like1681 foolish1691 farcical1715 amusive1727 farciful1731 funny1739 farcic1763 quizzical1785 quizzy1785 quizzish1792 rib-tickling1809 smileable1830 cocasse1868 priceless1907 skit1914 funny-ha-ha1916 gas1955 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Burlesque (Ital.) drolish, merry, pleasant. 1684 Bucaniers Amer. (ed. 2) i. 2 On his head he put a sutable cap which was made very burlesque. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. i. 5 Graham speaks of Fuller as extravagant and burlesque in his manners. 1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 299 Such was the burlesque origin of the ministry of three days. 2. a. Of the nature of derisive imitation; ironically bombastic, mock-heroic or mock-pathetic; now chiefly said of literary or oratorical compositions and dramatic representations; formerly (quot. 1712) also of pictorial caricatures. In burlesque author, burlesque poet, burlesque actor = a writer of burlesque literature, an actor of burlesque parts, there is a mixture of the attributive use of the noun in B. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > parodic or burlesque doggerel?1550 burlesquea1700 parodiousa1704 parodical1774 parodial1807 caricaturish1819 parodic1828 parodistic1845 a1700 Sc. Pasquils (1868) 285 I shall not here, with burlesque penners, Carp at her beauty. 1712 J. Hughes in Spectator No. 537. ⁋2 Those burlesque Pictures, which the Italians call Caracatura's. 1714 Spectator No. 616. ⁋2 Our little burlesque authors, who are the delight of ordinary readers. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iv. 247 Our nation can boast..poems of the burlesque kind. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xxiii. 351 Cathleen sung..a little Gaelic song, the burlesque elegy of a countryman on the loss of his cow. View more context for this quotation 1840 T. B. Macaulay Ranke's Hist. in Ess. (1854) II. 552 Burlesque romances in the sweetest Tuscan. b. quasi-n. ΚΠ 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. Pref. p. vi No two Species of Writing can differ more widely than the Comic and the Burlesque . View more context for this quotation 1779 S. Johnson Cowley in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets I. 96 A..pleasing specimen of the familiar descending to the burlesque. 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing i. 52 This..borders..on the burlesque in representation. B. n. 1. That species of literary composition, or of dramatic representation, which aims at exciting laughter by caricature of the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects; a literary or dramatic work of this kind. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > parody or burlesque parody1607 burlesque1667 travestya1668 caricatura1732 caricature1756 skit1820 take-off1845 1667 W. Temple in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. 123 I hear Mr. Waller is turned to burlesque among them, while he is alive. 1709 Tatler No. 63. ⁋2 The Burlesque of Virgil himself has passed, among Men of little Taste, for Wit. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. 130 Witty burlesques of the noblest performances. 1867 M. E. Braddon R. Godwin ii. 24/2 The..night..on which the new burlesque was to be performed. 1869 Daily News 7 Jan. For the last fifteen years, burlesque has been driving pantomime off the stage. 2. Grotesque imitation of what is, or is intended to be, dignified or pathetic, in action, speech, or manner; concrete an action or performance which casts ridicule on that which it imitates, or is itself ridiculous as an unsuccessful attempt at serious impressiveness; a mockery. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation mock1646 travestya1668 burlesquing1677 parody1730 burlesque1753 taking off1755 ludicrism1830 masquerade1847 caricaturing1859 charade1871 spoofing1920 piss-taking1967 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > [noun] > by imitation > an act or instance of parody1607 caricatura1752 burlesque1753 caricature1767 take-off1845 send-up1958 piss-take1975 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty vi. 31 Were it [the wig] to be worn as large again, it would become a burlesque. 1772 J. Wesley Jrnl. 3 May Why is such a burlesque upon public worship suffered? 1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. & Statist. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) II. iv. vi. 213 The representative system..established in Scotland previously to the Reform Act, was..a burlesque of all principle. 3. a. U.S. The concluding portion of a blackface minstrel entertainment, containing dialogue and sketches. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] > performance of black minstrels > part of burlesque1857 1857 Porter's Spirit of Times I. 344/3 The nightly concert which precedes the burlesque. c1864 Corsican Twins t-p. (D.A.E.) An Ethiopian Burlesque..As performed by Griffin & Christy's Minstrels. 1957 Oxf. Compan. Theatre (ed. 2) 556/1 The third part [sc. of a Negro minstrel show] consisted of after-pieces—farces, comic opera, or burlesque. b. Originally and chiefly U.S. A variety show, frequently featuring strip-tease. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > [noun] varieties1604 olio1688 burlesque1870 vaudeville1911 cine-variety1928 1870 T. A. Brown Hist. Amer. Stage 66/2 She..reappeared during the winter of 1868, at the Fifth Avenue Opera House, New York, in burlesque. 1870 O. Logan Before Footlights 563 There are numberless people..who are utterly unable to see any difference between the dancing of a ballet-girl and the caperings of a jigging burlesque woman. 1887 ‘M. Corelli’ Thelma II. ii. iv. 217 You'd better not go to the Brilliant Theatre to-night—it's only a burlesque, and is sure to be vulgar and noisy. 1895 N.Y. Dramatic News 12 Oct. 5/3 The only burlesque show in town [sc. Chicago]. 1930 C. Wittke Tambo & Bones iv. 158 Cheap burlesque ‘girl’ shows. 1956 N.Y. Times 10 Dec. 33/6 [The License Commissioner] felt burlesque was ‘synonymous with the strip tease and the dialogue of unvarnished salaciousness’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). burlesquev. Brit. /bəːˈlɛsk/, U.S. /ˌbərˈlɛsk/ Etymology: < burlesque adj. a. transitive. To turn into ridicule by grotesque parody or imitation; to caricature, travesty. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (transitive)] > ridicule or mock by imitation mocka1616 buffoon1638 mimic1671 burlesque1676 parody1733 caricature1749 to take off1750 travesty1825 grotesque1875 cartoon1884 spoof1927 to send up1931 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. I It seem'd a piece of Wit..to Burlesque them in earnest. a1764 R. Lloyd Epist. to Colman in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 167 Ere I burlesqu'd the rural cit. 1804–6 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) xi. 136 Cervantes has burlesqued the old romances. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 600 Prior burlesqued..the bombastic verses in which Boileau had celebrated the first taking of Namur. b. intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > ridicule or mockery by specific means > ridicule or mock by specific means [verb (intransitive)] > ridicule by imitation burlesque1680 1680 Du Moulin's Adv. Ch. Eng. towards Rome 31 Dr. Patrick joins hands with them in burlesquing upon the doctrine. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 27 The Poet shall be burlesqu'd upon with his own doggrel rythms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1656v.1676
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