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TRAVESTY

a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation

The meaning of the word travesty is a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation.

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WordMeaning
usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
affectedartificial; pretended
bizarrestrikingly out of the ordinary: such as
sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
anthropomorphicdescribed or thought of as having a human form or human attributes
vehementmarked by forceful energy : powerful
marginalwritten or printed in the margin of a page or sheet
lecheryinordinate (see inordinate
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy
flaccidnot firm or stiff