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travested - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
travested (comparative more travested, superlative most travested). (uncommon, formal) Disguised; degraded; debased. [from 17th c.].
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travested, adj. meanings, etymology and more
The earliest known use of the adjective travested is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for travested is from 1656, in the writing of Thomas Blount, ...
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TRAVESTY Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation; a travesty of justice. 2. a burlesque translation or literary or artistic imitation; usually ...
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travested
† travested, pa. pple. Obs. [An earlier formation than travestied pa. pple. of travesty v.; prob. intended as the repr. of It. travestito, F. travesti, on analogy of vested, invested, etc.] Disguised; travestied.1656 Blount Glossogr., Travested, disguised or shifted in apparel; And metaphorically it...
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What is a travesty? : r/grammar - Reddit
A travesty is a kind of unexpected reversal. It came to mean a disagreeable reversal and then a kind of perversion, based on pretence.
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A.Word.A.Day --travest - Wordsmith.org
verb tr.: To mock or to parody. ETYMOLOGY: From either French travestir or Italian travestire, from tra- (across), from Latin trans ...
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travesty
▪ I. travesty, ppl. a. and n. (ˈtrævɪstɪ) Also 7–8, 20– -ti, 7–9 -tie. [Originally a. F. travesti, fem. travestie, pa. pple. of (se) travestir (Montaigne a 1592), ‘to disguise him, or take on another man's habit’ (Cotgr.), ad. It. travestire to disguise (Florio), f. tra- = trans- + It., L. vestīre t...
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travest, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
travest is of multiple origins. Apparently either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French travestir; Italian travestire.
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Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions
Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Etching, printed in brown ink, some hand-colored.
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definition of Travesting - synonyms, pronunciation, spelling from ...
Travesty \Trav"es*ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Travestied; p. pr. & vb. n. Travesting.] To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ...
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Le Brun Travested, or Caricatures of the Passions
A work made of book with twenty hand-colored etchings and four aquatints in gray. CC0 Public Domain Designation. Image actions.
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travest - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
travest (third-person singular simple present travests, present participle travesting, simple past and past participle travested).
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