 | Thomas Sheridan - English language - 1790 - 520 pages
...waggim. Not in ufe. PAROCHIAL, pè-ro'-kyél. a. Be. longing to a parifh. PARODY, par'-ro.dy" . f. A kind of writing, in which the words of an author or his thoughts are taken, and by a flight change adapted to fome new purpofe. To PARODY, par'-ro-df . va To copy by way of parody. PARONYMOUS,... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 486 pages
...Releas'd from cank'ring care and strif Triumphant be our Sally. Parody, according to Johnson, is " A kind of writing, in which the words of an author...are taken, and by a slight change adapted to some new purpose." The Parody is, therefore, a species of wit which pleases from the surprize occasioned... | |
 | Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - English poetry - 1816 - 262 pages
...give some notion of a peculiar species of poetry, which is called Parody. " Parody," says Pope, '' is a kind of " writing• in which the words of an "...taken, " and by a slight change adapted to " some new purpose." Parodies may be either serious or * comic, and of each of these, there are two sorts.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 764 pages
...indices of the terms regularly defcending thus, St 2. *t o. , (i.)* PARODY, n. f [faroJie, Fr. rafoJ«.] A kind of writing, in which the words of an author or bis thoughts are taken, and, by a flight change, adapted to ibmc new purpofe. — The imitations of... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...reception or entertainment \ Parochial, pa-roTce-M. a. belonging to a parish Parody, pSr'ri-df, s. a kind of writing in which the words of an author...are taken, and, by a slight change, adapted to some uew purpose Parody, par'rft-de. ra to copy by way of parody Parole, pa-rile', t. word given as an assurance... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1823 - 482 pages
...entertainment Parochial, pA-r4'ke-al. a. belonging to a parish Parodv, p3r'r6-<W. *. a kind of writjnf in which the words of an author or his thoughts are taken, and, by a slight chauge, adapted to some new purpose Paroily, par'r6-de. ra to copy by way of parody Parole, pa-rile',... | |
 | Walter Hamilton - Industries - 1825 - 468 pages
...greatest authority.: • • H • PARODY (-axau'ins.) In Poetry, &c., a kind of writing in which PAB PAS the words of an author or his thoughts are taken, and by a slight change adapted to some new purpose. PAROTID GLAND (from -axfa,, near, and us, the ear.) In Anatomy, the largest of the salivary... | |
 | John Walker - English language - 1826 - 480 pages
...for reception or entertainment. Parochial,pa-r6'ke-al. a. belonging toa parish Parody, par'ro-de. s. a kind of writing in which the words of an author...are taken, and, by a slight change, adapted to some new purpose. Parody, par'ro-de. v. «. to copy by way of parody. Parole, pa-role', s. word given as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1828 - 860 pages
...parishes. PARODICAL, (pa-r?d'-e-kal) a. Copying after the manner of parody. PARODY, (par'-ro-de) ni A kind of writing, in which the words of an author or hi> thoughts are taken, and by a slight change adapted to some new purpose. To PARODY, (par'-ro-de)... | |
 | John Walker - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1831 - 628 pages
...sprightly, waggish. Not in use. PAROCHIAL, pS-ri'kS-Sl, a. Belonging to a parish. PARODY, p.lr'rA-d^, s. A kind of writing- in which the words of an author or lii>> thoughts are taken, and, by a slight change, adapted to some new purpose. To PARODY, pSr'ri-di,... | |
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a kind of writing, in which the words of an author or his thoughts are taken, and by a slight change adapted to some new purpose," -a several parodic passages may be found. 
