Travesty Definition
trăvĭ-stē
travestied, travesties, travestying
noun
travesties
A debased or grotesque likeness.
Elections that were a travesty of democracy.
American Heritage
A grotesque or farcical imitation for purposes of ridicule; burlesque.
Webster's New World
A crude, distorted, or ridiculous representation (of something)
A trial that was a travesty of justice.
Webster's New World
(pejorative) A grossly inferior imitation.
A battlefield trial is a travesty of justice.
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verb
travestied, travesties, travestying
To make a travesty of; burlesque.
Webster's New World
To make a travesty of; to parody.
Wiktionary
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- be serious
Origin of Travesty
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From obsolete disguised, burlesqued from French travesti past participle of travestir to disguise, parody from Italian travestire Latin trāns- trans- Latin vestīre to dress (from vestis garment wes-2 in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French travestir (“to disguise"), from Latin trans (“over") + vestire (“to clothe").
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