different between pasquinade vs burlesque

English

Etymology

From French pasquinade, from Pasquin + -ade, modelled on Italian pasquinata, from Latin pascha, from Hebrew ????

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /paskw??ne?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

pasquinade (countable and uncountable, plural pasquinades)

1. A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone.
   • 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin 2000, p. 155:

     I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade – but Catherine, who might have said anything, didn't say a word.

Verb

pasquinade (third-person singular simple present pasquinades, present participle pasquinading, simple past and past participle pasquinaded)

1. (transitive) To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade.
   • 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue":

     Chantilly was a quondam cobbler of the Rue St. Denis, who, becoming stage-mad, had attempted the rôle of Xerxes, in Crébillon's tragedy so called, and been notoriously Pasquinaded for his pains.

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).