different between mimic vs burlesque

English

Alternative forms

• mimick

Etymology

From Latin m?micus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (m?mikós, “belonging to mimes”), from ????? (mîmos, “imitator, actor”); see mime.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?m.?k/
• Rhymes: -?m?k

Verb

mimic (third-person singular simple present mimics, present participle mimicking, simple past and past participle mimicked)

1. To imitate, especially in order to ridicule.
2. (biology) To take on the appearance of another, for protection or camouflage.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:imitate

Translations

Noun

mimic (plural mimics)

1. A person who practices mimicry, or mime.
2. An imitation.

Translations

Adjective

mimic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to mimicry; imitative.
   • 1800, William Wordsworth, There was a Boy

     And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands
     Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth
     Uplifted, he, as through an instrument,
     Blew mimic hootings to the silent owls,
     That they might answer him.

2. Mock, pretended.
3. (mineralogy) Imitative; characterized by resemblance to other forms; applied to crystals which by twinning resemble simple forms of a higher grade of symmetry.

Related terms

• mime
• mimicable
• mimicry

Further reading

• mimic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mimic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

From French mimique

Adjective

mimic m or n (feminine singular mimic?, masculine plural mimici, feminine and neuter plural mimice)

1. mimic

Declension

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)

1. (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)

1. A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.

   Synonyms: lampoon, travesty

   • 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry
2. A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.
3. 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)

1. To make a burlesque parody of.
2. 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.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian burlesco (“parodic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?.l?sk/

Adjective

burlesque (plural burlesques)

1. burlesque; parodic; parodical

Noun

burlesque m (plural burlesques)

1. 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).