The first usage of the word parody in English cited in the Oxford English Dictionary is in Ben Jonson, in Every Man in His Humour in 1598: "A Parodie, a parodie! to make it absurder than …

PARODY definition: 1. writing, music, art, speech, etc. that intentionally copies the style of someone famous or…. Learn more.

parody in American English (ˈpærədi ) noun Word forms: plural ˈparodies Origin: Fr parodie < L parodia < Gr parōidia, burlesque song < para-, beside (see para- 1) + ōidē, song (see ode)

parodie parodier lage parodi på parodi пародия спародировать пародировать 拙劣的模仿 模仿 模仿滑稽作品

Dec 14, 2025 · parody (countable and uncountable, plural parodies) A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony. coordinate terms quotations …

Etymology: parodie, Fr. παϱωδία. The imitations of the ancients are added together with some of the parodies and allusions to the most excellent of the moderns.

parodist (n.) "a writer of parodies," 1742, from French parodiste (18c.), from parodie (see parody (n.)).