parody /(păr"ō̇*dy̆)/

pl. Parodies ((păr"ō̇*dĭz))

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.

2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obs.]

imp. & p. p. parodied; p. pr. & vb. n. parodying

1. To write a parody upon; to burlesque.

   I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace.