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 Burlesque \Bur*lesque"\, a. [F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr.
   burla jest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae
   trifles. See {Bur}.]
   Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images,
   or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of
   treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock
   gravity; jocular; ironical.
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         It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque
         poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the
         Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras.
                                                  --Addison.
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