Hudibrastic


Hu·di·bras·tic

H0313000 (hyo͞o′də-brăs′tĭk)adj. Of or relating to a style of satirical or mock-heroic verse composed in rhymed iambic tetrameter couplets.
[After Hudibras, a satiric epic by Samuel Butler.]

hudibrastic

(ˌhjuːdɪˈbræstɪk) adj (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) mock-heroic in style[C18: after Hudibras, poem (1663–68) by Samuel Butler]

Hu•di•bras•tic

(ˌhyu dəˈbræs tɪk or, often, ˌyu-)

adj. of, like, or in the mock-heroic style of Samuel Butler's poem Hudibras (published 1663-78), written in a doggerel of octosyllabic couplets. [1705–15; Hudibras + -tic] Hu`di•bras′ti•cal•ly, adv.