Par"o*dy (?), n.; pl.
Parodies (#). [L. parodia, Gr. &?;;
para` beside + &?; a song: cf. F. parodie. See
Para-, and Ode.]
1. A writing in which the language or
sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary
pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and
applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
The lively parody which he wrote . . . on
Dryden's "Hind and Panther" was received with great
applause.
Macaulay.
2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.
[Obs.]
Par"o*dy, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Parodied (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Parodying.] [Cf. F. parodier.] To write a parody
upon; to burlesque.
I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of
Horace.
Pope.
