travest
/ˈtræ.vəst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I have not much endeavour'd to make any diſcoveries of it, and it is a hard matter to give any account thereof, without ſome hazard of traveſting Hiſtory into Romance."
- "I grant that wit requires comparison and a contrast, be it incongruity, or even absurdity; in mean, burlesque or dignified objects ; be it in travesting, exaggerating or diminishing reality ; but I see no proof that these mental operations result from the faculty in question alone, and therefore from an intellectual faculty."
- "I have next shown you the Greeks, and " the wisdom" of their philosophy, often travesting, sometimes tarnishing the Christian religion : […]"
- "In the first place we shall often be discussing facts which have been so travested by propaganda that your knowledge of them is bound to be imperfect."
- "The truth is that the child is not ‘like a boy,’ and that if you put him into a coat and waistcoat forthwith, he only would look like a small angel travested."
Etymology
From French travestir, from Italian travestire.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: travestir, travestire
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtræ.vəst/
- British English: /ˈtræv.ɪst/