| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | trav·es·ty |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr v  -st |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. trav·es·ties
1. An exaggerated or grotesque imitation, such as a parody of a literary work. 2. A debased or grotesque likeness: a travesty of justice. See synonyms at caricature. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: trav·es·tied, trav·es·ty·ing, trav·es·ties
To make a travesty of; parody or ridicule. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From obsolete, disguised, burlesqued, from French travesti, past participle of travestir, to disguise, parody, from Italian travestire : Latin tr ns-, trans- + Latin vest re, to dress (from vestis, garment; see wes-2 in Appendix I).
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