Farce
[fɑːs] or [fɑrs]
Definition
(noun.) a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.
(verb.) fill with a stuffing while cooking; 'Have you stuffed the turkey yet?'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.
(v. t.) To render fat.
(v. t.) To swell out; to render pompous.
(v. t.) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
(v. t.) A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.
(v. t.) Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Burlesque, caricature, travesty, parody, after-piece, low comedy, ludicrous representation.[2]. Mere show, ridiculous pageantry, empty parade.
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Definition
n. a style of comedy marked by low humour and extravagant wit: ridiculous or empty show.—n. Far′ceur a joker.—adj. Far′cical.—n. Farcical′ity farcical quality.—adv. Far′cically.—v.t. Far′cify to turn into a farce.
v.t. to cram: to stuff fill with stuffing: (Shak.) to swell out.—n. Far′cing stuffing.
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Examples
- Since that, we have quarrelled, and I have vainly asked him to return me my farce or pay me for it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I am too old, he replied: and then asked me how the farce went off. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- They were borrowed from the French, as was the farce, but Livius had adapted it with some taste to the English stage. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Livius's little farce of _Maid and Wife_ was advertised for the approaching Monday. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I said to myself, 'He has played his vile farce before everybody else in the house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And we are carrying on this little farce to keep up appearances, and isn't it refreshing! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This entertainment, which might be considered as a school of military virtue, was succeeded by a farce that debased the dignity of human nature. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ah, what a farce it was! D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He felt he had been a complete fool, that the whole scene had been a farce of the first water. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I promised to do this on my word, and nine o'clock on the next evening was fixed for his reading the farce to me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Still they were all exceedingly amused and were more like people coming out from a farce or a juggler than from a court of justice. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She wanted to show little Fanny, for by that appellation we distinguished her eldest daughter, the Harlequin farce, before she returned to school. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I sent him my farce, which he acknowledged in a letter now in my possession, where he promises to take an early opportunity of reading it. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It's a farce--a crazy farce, he repeated, his eyes fixed on the long vista of the room reflected in the blotched glass between the windows. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Whether he said this or not there can be no doubt but that the great astronomer knew the performance was a farce, and that the world did move in spite of all the Inquisition could declare. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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