Par″o‐dy (–dy̆), n.; pl.Parodies (–dĭz). [L. parodia, Gr. παρῳδία; παρά beside + ᾠδή a song: cf. F. parodie. See Para-, and Ode.]
1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
The lively parody which he wrote... on Dryden's “Hind and Panther” was received with great applause. Macaulay.
2. A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.