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Hudibrastic

adjective Hu·di·bras·tic \ˌhyü-də-ˈbras-tik\

Definition of HUDIBRASTIC

1
:  written in humorous octosyllabic couplets
2
:  mock-heroic
— Hudibrastic noun
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Origin of HUDIBRASTIC

irregular from Hudibras, satirical poem by Samuel Butler †1680
First Known Use: 1712

Rhymes with HUDIBRASTIC

anelastic, chiliastic, chloroplastic, holophrastic, inelastic, metaplastic, onomastic, orgiastic, paraphrastic, pederastic, periphrastic, pleonastic, pyroclastic, superplastic, thermoplastic

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