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banter
English
Etymology
1670s as verb, 1680s as noun. The origin is unknown, possibly from London street slang; ostensibly as *bant + -er (frequentative). Possibly an Anglo-Gaelicism from the Irish bean (“woman”), so that "banter" means "talk of women."
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bænt?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?bænt?/
- Rhymes: -ænt?(?)
Noun
banter (uncountable)
- Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
- Synonyms: pleasantry, raillery
Translations
Verb
banter (third-person singular simple present banters, present participle bantering, simple past and past participle bantered)
- (intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
- (intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
- (transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
- Synonyms: kid, wind up
- (transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
- June 1804, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- If they banter your regularity, order, and love of study, banter in return their neglect of them.
- June 1804, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
- (transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
- (transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
Translations
Derived terms
- bant
References
Further reading
- Michael Quinion (1996–2021) , “Banter”, in World Wide Words
Anagrams
- Barnet, Bernat, barnet
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burlesque
English
Alternative forms
- burlesk (archaic)
Etymology
Borrowed from French burlesque, from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?(?)?l?sk/
Adjective
burlesque (comparative more burlesque, superlative most burlesque)
- (dated) Parodical; parodic
- 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.
Coordinate terms
- vaudevillian
Derived terms
- burlesquely
Translations
Noun
burlesque (countable and uncountable, plural burlesques)
- A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.
- Synonyms: lampoon, travesty
- 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
- A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
- A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.
- Synonyms: imitation, caricature
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
Coordinate terms
- vaudeville
Translations
Verb
burlesque (third-person singular simple present burlesques, present participle burlesquing, simple past and past participle burlesqued)
- To make a burlesque parody of.
- To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
- 1678, Edward Stillingfleet, A Sermon preached on the Fast-Day, November 13, 1678
- They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule.
- 1678, Edward Stillingfleet, A Sermon preached on the Fast-Day, November 13, 1678
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /by?.l?sk/
Adjective
burlesque (plural burlesques)
- burlesque; parodic; parodical
Noun
burlesque m (plural burlesques)
- burlesque; parody.
Coordinate terms
- vaudeville
Descendants
- ? English: burlesque
Further reading
- “burlesque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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