parody

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To make a parody of something.

   The comedy movie parodied the entire Western genre.

Simplified etymology

Parody entered English in the early 17th century through late Latin from Greek parōidia ‘burlesque poem’, formed from para- ‘mock-’ and ōidē ‘ode’. Its sense ‘a feeble imitation’ developed in the mid-19th century.

From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

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