charade

charade

charade , verbal, written, or acted representation of a word, its syllables, or a number of words. The object is to guess the idea being conveyed. Winthrop M. Praed wrote many of the well-known charades, and a good description of the acted charade is found in Thackeray's Vanity Fair. In the United States a charade acted in pantomime and having a set time limit was popular in the 1930s and 40s and remains a form of home amusement.

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cha·rade / shəˈrād/ • n. an absurd pretense intended to create a pleasant or respectable appearance: talk of unity was nothing more than a charade. ∎  (charades) a game in which players guess a word or phrase from pantomimed clues.

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charade XVIII. — F. — modPr. charrado conversation, f. charra, perh. of imit. orig.

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T. F. HOAD. "charade." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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charade

charade See dance language.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "charade." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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charade See DANCE LANGUAGE.

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

The Bellamy charades.(William Bellamy, A Century of Charades, book)
Magazine article from: Word Ways; 2/1/2006
Answers to Bellamy's 500 charades.
Magazine article from: Word Ways; 2/1/2006
DRIVETIME: MOTORING: Charade is a little cracker.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 5/23/2003

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