Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BUR-LESQUE', or BUR-LESK'
BUR-LESQUE', or BUR-LESK'BUR-LESQ'UER, or BUR-LESK'ER
BUR-LESQUE', or BUR-LESK', v.t.
To turn into ridicule; or to make ludicrous by representation; as, by treating a low or trifling subject with great gravity.
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