English Dictionary

burlesque

/bə(ɹ)ˈlɛsk/

noun

A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody. / A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.

She performed a hilarious burlesque routine at the comedy club.

意味（1）

A derisive art form that mocks by imitation; a parody.

Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.

意味（2）

A variety adult entertainment show, usually including titillation such as striptease, most common from the 1880s to the 1930s.

意味（3）

A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute?