travesty
- 1) noun, a farcical or grotesque imitation; mockery; parody
- 2) verb, to make or be a travesty of
Etymology
C17: from French travesti disguised, from travestir to disguise, from Italian travestire, from tra- trans- + vestire to clothe
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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mockery, distortion, parody, caricature, sham, spoof (informal), perversion, lampoon, burlesque