Hudibrastic

See also: hudibrastic

English

Alternative forms

• hudibrastic

Etymology

After Hudibras, a mock-heroic poem by Samuel Butler, +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

Hudibrastic (comparative more Hudibrastic, superlative most Hudibrastic)

1. Of, or relating to a style of English verse that mocks heroic verse.
   • 1908, Wilfrid Hugh Chesson, George Cruikshank, pages 71–72:

     The illustrations to Dr Syntax's Hudibrastic poem on Napoleon have some originality to recommend them as a starting-point for the student of Cruikshank as a delineator of historical subjects.

Further reading

• Hudibrastic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia