Hudibrastic

US: (hyo̅o̅′də bras′tik, or, often, yo̅o̅′-)

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Hu•di•bras•tic  (hyo̅o̅′də bras′tik, or, often, yo̅o̅′-), adj. 

1. Literature of, pertaining to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
2. Literature of a playful burlesque style.

n. 

3. Literature a Hudibrastic couplet or stanza.

• Hudibras + -tic 1705–15

Hu′di•bras′ti•cal•ly, adv.