Obs. [f. L. lūdicr-us LUDICROUS + -ISM.] Burlesque.

1

1830.  R. Brown, Mem. Curl. Mab., in Blackw. Mag. (1831), XXX. 979/2. [This lay of the laureate was forthwith] duly turned into ludicrism by a burlesque song.

2