parodyyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[parody 词源字典]
parody: see prosody
[parody etymology, parody origin, 英语词源]
parody (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
c. 1745, from parody (n.). Related: Parodied; parodying.