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Noun Concept
Categories: Rhetoric, Comedy genres, Satire, History of theatre, Musical theatre
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burlesque  Burlesk  burlesque dance  burlesque dancer  burlesque house
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A theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) WordNet 3.0
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A theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A burlesque is a literary, dramatic or musical work intended to cause laughter by caricaturing the manner or spirit of serious works, or by ludicrous treatment of their subjects. Wikipedia
Classic musical or theatrical entertainment of parodic humour. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Literary, dramatic or musical work that caricatures the manner or spirit of serious works Wikidata
A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion. Wiktionary
Ludicrous imitation. Wiktionary (translation)