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farce

[fahrs]

noun

  1. a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.

  2. humor of the type displayed in such works.

  3. foolish show; mockery; a ridiculous sham.

    Synonyms: ,
  4. Cooking.Ìýforcemeat.



verb (used with object)

farced, farcing 
  1. to season (a speech or composition), especially with witty material.

  2. Obsolete.Ìýto stuff; cram.

farce

/ ´Úɑ˲õ /

noun

  1. a broadly humorous play based on the exploitation of improbable situations

  2. the genre of comedy represented by works of this kind

  3. a ludicrous situation or action

  4. Also: farcemeat.Ìýanother name for forcemeat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to enliven (a speech, etc) with jokes

  2. to stuff (meat, fowl, etc) with forcemeat

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • unfarced adjective
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of farce1

First recorded in 1300–50; (for the noun) Middle English fars “stuffing,†from Middle French farce, from Vulgar Latin farsa (unrecorded), noun use of feminine of Latin farsus, earlier fartus “stuffed,†past participle of ´Ú²¹°ù³¦Ä«°ù±ð “to stuffâ€; (for the verb) Middle English farsen, from Old French farcir, from Latin ´Ú²¹°ù³¦Ä«°ù±ð
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of farce1

C14 (in the sense: stuffing): from Old French, from Latin ´Ú²¹°ù³¦Ä«°ù±ð to stuff, interpolate passages (in the mass, in religious plays, etc)
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Some opposition lawmakers called for a boycott, labeling the process a farce meant to bolster the power of Sheinbaum’s leftist Morena political bloc.

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Although most who semi-seriously engaged with this thought experiment recognized it to be farce — Lord, we hope they did – others treated the fantasy wrestling match seriously.

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The main opposition parties called the elections a "farce".

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“Sirens,†premiering Thursday on Netflix, is an odd sort of a series, an interesting mix of hifalutin ideas, family drama and what might be called dark farce.

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The intrigue and farce has been stripped away while the serious allegations remain.

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