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 par·o·dy n.; pl. Parodies
 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.]