parody
parody (par"o*dy) , noun
[Latin parodia, Greek parw,di`a; para` beside + 'w,dh` a song: compare French parodie. See Para-, and Ode.]
1.
A writing in which the language or sentiment of an author is mimicked; especially, a kind of literary pleasantry, in which what is written on one subject is altered, and applied to another by way of burlesque; travesty.
The lively parody which he wrote... on Dryden's “Hind and Panther” was received with great applause.
2.
A popular maxim, adage, or proverb. [Obsolete]
parody , transitive verb
[Compare French parodier.]
To write a parody upon; to burlesque.
I have translated, or rather parodied, a poem of Horace.