Hudibrastic is a type of English verse named for Samuel Butler's Hudibras, published in parts from 1663 to 1678.
[2] The first fourteen lines of Hudibras illustrate the verse form: The rhyme of "swear for" with "wherefore" and "ecclesiastic" with "(in)stead of a stick" are surprising, unnatural, and humorous.
Additionally, the rhyme of "-don dwelling" with "a colonelling" is strained to the point of breaking, again for humorous effect.
For example, the rhyme of "drunk" and "punk" (meaning "a prostitute") implies that the religious ecstasies of the Puritans were the same as that of sexual intercourse and inebriation.
In 18th century usage, 'hudibrastic' could also be used grandiloquently to indicate any general satire, as in its use for The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror published by Thomas Tegg between 1807 and 1819.