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tithymal(dictionary)

burlesque (oh) and tithymal (iou)


burlesque (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Italian burlesco, from burla 'joke']
speech, acting, or Writing in which a serious subject is made to seem silly or an unimportant subject is treated in a serious way
AmE a performance involving a mixture of comedy and striptease, popular in America in the past

tithymal (iou)



tithymal noun.LME-E18.
[Latin tithymal(l)us spurge, tithymalis sea spurge, from Greek tithumalos, -malis. Cf. Old French tintinmalle (mod. tithymale) cypress spurge.]
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia; a spurge.