# travesty

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹæv.ɪs.ti/ · frequency rank #29,131

## Definitions
1. An absurd, grotesque, misrepresentative or grossly inferior likeness or imitation.
2. A pastiche, parody, or stylistic imitation; a burlesque literary or artistic imitation (typically of a more serious work).
3. An appalling event, situation or outcome (especially in relation to another outcome to which it is grossly inferior).

## Etymology
From French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), borrowed from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), from tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”) from verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”); cognate to English wear. Doublet of travesti.

## Common misspellings (13)
`rtavesty`, `tarvesty`, `traevsty`, `travessty`, `travestty`, `travestyy`, `travesyt`, `travetsy`, `travsety`, `travvesty`, `trravesty`, `trvaesty`, `ttravesty`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/travesty