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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parody  \Par"o*dy\,  n.;  pl  {Parodies}.  [L.  parodia,  Gr  ?;  ? 
  beside  +  ?  a  song:  cf  F.  parodie.  See  {Para-},  and  {Ode}.] 
  1.  A  writing  in  which  the  language  or  sentiment  of  an  author 
  is  mimicked;  especially,  a  kind  of  literary  pleasantry,  in 
  which  what  is  written  on  one  subject  is  altered,  and 
  applied  to  another  by  way  of  burlesque;  travesty. 
 
  The  lively  parody  which  he  wrote  .  .  .  on  Dryden's 
  ``Hind  and  Panther''  was  received  with  great 
  applause.  --Macaulay. 
 
  2.  A  popular  maxim,  adage,  or  proverb.  [Obs.] 




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