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travesty

noun
/ˈtɹæv.ɪs.ti/

Etymology

From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.

  1. derived from *wéstis✻
  2. derived from *westis✻ — “clothing”
  3. derived from vestiō
  4. derived from travestire — “to dress up, disguise”
  5. derived from travesti — “disguised, burlesqued”

Definitions

  1. An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.

    • A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.
    • The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first.

  2. A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation

    A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).

  3. An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to…

    An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior).

    • Spurs survived the scare - and such was their domination after the break that it would have been a travesty had Arsenal escaped Wembley, hosting a Premier League record attendance of 83,222, with a draw.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To make a travesty of

      To make a travesty of; to parody.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA