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travesti.

travesty

8 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/traˈvɛsti/Standard-Indonesian[t̪raˈfɛs.t̪i]Standard-Indonesian

  1. travesty parody or stylistic imitation

  2. travesty absurd or grotesque misrepresentation

  3. parody

  4. caricature

  5. mockery

  6. crossdressing

  7. crossdressing male ludruk performers wearing women's costumes

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Dutch travestie (“travesty”), from French travesti (“disguised, burlesqued”), past participle of travestir (“to disguise”), from Italian travestire (“to dress up, disguise”), tra- (“across”) + vestire (“to dress”), from Latin vestiō (“to clothe, dress”), from Proto-Italic *westis (“clothing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis (“dressing”), the verbal root *wes- (“to dress, clothe”).

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