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parodia
Greek · ancient
"a song sung in imitation"
literally a song sung beside, from para- (beside, against) and oide (song)
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parody
English · 1590s
"a comic imitation of a work's style for humorous effect"
settled as the English word for a comic imitation of a work's style
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