parodic

[ puh-rod-ik ]

adjective

1. having or of the nature of a parody.

Other Words From

• nonpa·rodic adjective
• nonpa·rodi·cal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of parodic¹

First recorded in 1820–30; parod(y) + -ic

Example Sentences

They even called themselves the “cabal,” in what seemed a parodic tribute to Strauss’ clique of wise men.

From Salon

With its candy colors, canted camera angles and sound-effects balloons, the original series was witty, funny, parodic, satirical, deceptively smart and knowingly dumb and also a legitimate adventure story.

From Los Angeles Times

Nearly parodic in her feminine grace, she is also as hard as buffed, polished nails.

From New York Times

In a work obsessively precise in its construction — a love letter to sonata and arch forms that unfurls as a roll call of virtuosity — the Philharmonic and Hrusa were freely organic and sounded revelrous, with smiles accompanying the parodic passages of the fourth-movement Intermezzo interrotto.

From New York Times

Its members are inbred and illiterate, with names like “Junior Junior,” in a parodic reversal of white supremacists’ grotesque imaginings of Black life.

From Los Angeles Times