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Hudibrastic

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(hyo̅o̅′də bras′tik, or, often, yo̅o̅′-)


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Hu•di•bras•tic  (hyo̅o̅′də bras′tik, or, often, yo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Literatureof, pertaining to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
  2. Literatureof a playful burlesque style.

n. 
  1. Literaturea Hudibrastic couplet or stanza.
  • Hudibras + -tic 1705–15
Hu′di•bras′ti•cal•ly, adv. 

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