Travesty /(?)/

1. Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]

pl. Travesties

1. A burlesque translation or imitation of a work.

   The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first.

imp. & p. p. Travestied; p. pr. & vb. n. Travesting

1. To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous.

   I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor.