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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats