Hudibrastic

[ hyoo-duh-bras-tik, or, often, yoo- ]
/ ˌhyu dəˈbræs tɪk, or, often, ˌyu- /

adjective

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

noun

a Hudibrastic couplet or stanza.

Origin of Hudibrastic

1705–15; Hudibras + -tic

OTHER WORDS FROM Hudibrastic

Hu·di·bras·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Example sentences from the Web for hudibrastic

  • His Hudibrastic verses are poor scurrilous trash, as the reader may judge from the description of the Highlanders, already quoted.

    Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Vol. II (of 3) |Walter Scott

  • Ordinary narrative poems with no satiric intent were decked in Hudibrastic couplets for the sake of a superficial cleverness.

    Aesop Dress'd |Bernard Mandeville

  • This quotation from the opening of Combe's Hudibrastic narrative will account for the originality of the hero's eccentric title.

    Rowlandson the Caricaturist. Second Volume |Joseph Grego

  • It is a simple rendering in Hudibrastic verse of a familiar nursery story.

    Charles Lamb |Walter Jerrold

British Dictionary definitions for hudibrastic

hudibrastic
/ (ˌhjuːdɪˈbræstɪk) /

adjective

mock-heroic in style

Word Origin for hudibrastic

C18: after Hudibras, poem (1663–68) by Samuel Butler