hudibrastic
hudibrastic is the alternative spelling of Hudibrastic.
Adjective capitalized: Hudibrastic
Hudibrastic (comparative more Hudibrastic, superlative most Hudibrastic)
- Of, or relating to a style of English verse that mocks heroic verse.
- 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.1908, Wilfrid Hugh Chesson, George Cruikshank, pages 71–72
Forms of hudibrastic
| comparative | more hudibrastic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hudibrastic |
| comparative | more Hudibrastic |
| superlative | most Hudibrastic |
| alternative form | hudibrastic |
Origin of hudibrastic
After Hudibras, a mock-heroic poem by Samuel Butler, + -ic.
Words that rhyme with hudibrastic
- plastic
- elastic
- fantastic
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- mastic
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- inelastic
- periphrastic
- pleonastic
- aclastic
- alloplastic
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- anaclastic
- anaplastic
- anticlastic
- aplastic
- autoplastic
- basiplastic
- ceroplastic
- chiastic
- clastic
- cosmoplastic
- drastic
- encomiastic
- enthusiastic
- epispastic
- gelastic
- gymnastic
- heteroblastic
- holophrastic
- homoblastic
- homoplastic
- macroplastic
- normoplastic
- onomastic
- paraphrastic
- sarcastic
- synclastic
- achondroplastic
- agelastic
- antineoplastic
- antiphrastic
- antispastic
- apicoplastic
- autoschediastic
- cataclastic
- chiliastic
- conplastic
- cranioplastic
- docimastic
- dramastic
- dynastic
- dysplastic
- ecclesiastic
- ectoblastic
- ectoplastic
- electroplastic
- emplastic
- epiblastic
- epinastic
Questions about hudibrastic
- What does hudibrastic mean?
- Hudibrastic means of, or relating to a style of English verse that mocks heroic verse.
- What is hudibrastic the alternative spelling of?
- Hudibrastic is the alternative spelling of Hudibrastic.
- What part of speech is hudibrastic?
- Hudibrastic is an adjective.
Words near hudibrastic in the dictionary
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