Associations to the word «Charade»

Wiktionary

CHARADE, noun. A specific kind of riddle in which a word or phrase to find is split in several parts that can each be guessed from a verbal clue.
CHARADE, noun. (in plural) A party game in which players mime a word, phrase, or name that the other players must try to guess.
CHARADE, noun. Something apparently real but based on pretence/pretense.

Dictionary definition

CHARADE, noun. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way.
CHARADE, noun. A word acted out in an episode of the game of charades.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin