| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Hudibrastic |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Hu·di·bras·tic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  hy  d -br s t k |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of or relating to a style of satirical or mock-heroic verse composed in rhymed iambic pentameter couplets. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Hudibras, a satiric epic by Samuel Butler.
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