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- parody[parody 词源字典]
- parody: see prosody
[parody etymology, parody origin, 英语词源] - parody (n.)
- 1590s (first recorded use in English is in Ben Jonson), from or in imitation of Latin parodia "parody," from Greek paroidia "burlesque song or poem," from para- "beside, parallel to" (see para- (1), in this case, "mock-") + oide "song, ode" (see ode). The meaning "poor or feeble imitation" is from 1830. Related: Parodic; parodical.
- parody (v.)
- c. 1745, from parody (n.). Related: Parodied; parodying.