Burlesque - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: burlesqueBurlesquer
One who burlesques...
per se
per se [Latin, by, of, or in itself] 1 : inherently, strictly, or by operation of statute, constitutional provision or doctrine, or case law [the transaction was illegal per se] see also negligence per se at negligence nuisance per se at nuisance 2 : without proof of special damages or reference to extrinsic circumstances [defamatory statements that were actionable per se] compare per quod adj : being such inherently, clearly, or by operation of statute, constitutional provision or doctrine, or case law [it is clear that licensing of adult entertainment establishments is not a per se violation of the First Amendment "Club Southern Burlesque, Inc. v. City of Carrollton, 457 S.E.2d 816 (1995)"] [a per se conflict of interest] ...
Burlesque
Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity jocular ironical...
Callithump
A somewhat riotous parade accompanied with the blowing of tin horns and other discordant noises also a burlesque serenade a charivari...
Heroicomic
Combining the heroic and the ludicrous denoting high burlesque as a heroicomic poem...
Intermede
A short musical dramatic piece of a light and pleasing sometimes a burlesque character an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera...
Pantagruelism
The theory or practice of the medical profession used in burlesque or ridicule...
parody
To write a parody upon to burlesque...
Redoubtable
Formidable dread terrible to foes as a redoubtable hero hence valiant often in contempt or burlesque...
Retiracy
Retirement mostly used in a jocose or burlesque way...
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