Noun: parody
| Singular | parody |
| Plural | parodies |
Sample Sentences
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The lively parody which he wrote […] was received with great applause. [1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XX, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:]
Nouns inflected like parody
clitoridectomy,
royal jelly,
whoopsy,
surrogacy,
urinary,
rastrography,
renoscopy,
sourtop blueberry,
forcible entry,
superficiary,
lipidosity,
potability,
phonography,
hyperproperty,
greenery,
conjugality,
ring singularity,
Brittany,
ignobility,
obscurity, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). See: Latin Nouns '
parōdia', Ancient Greek Nouns '
παρῳδία'.
Verbs referencing "parody"
Finnish Nouns
parodia.