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Definition of Farce

1. Noun. A comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations.

2. Verb. Fill with a stuffing while cooking. "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"

3. Noun. Mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs.

Definition of Farce

1. v. t. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.

2. n. Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.

Definition of Farce

1. Noun. A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare '''sarcasm''' ¹

2. Noun. A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor. ¹

3. Noun. A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents ¹

4. Noun. A ridiculous or empty show ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Farce

1. to fill out with witty material [v FARCED, FARCING, FARCES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Farce

faralimomab farand farandole farandoles farang farangs farantly faravahar faraway farawayness

faraways farblondjet farbrengen farby farce (current term) farce comedy farced farcelike farcement farcements

farcer farcers farces farceur farceurs farceuse farceuses farci farcical

Literary usage of Farce

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1875)
"My Friend in the Straps, farce. 15. School for Scheming, comedy. 16. Our Mary Anne, farce. 17. ... How to Settle Accounts with your Laum'.ress, farce. 20. ..."

2. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"farce. 1894. A Previous Engagement. Comedy. 1897. An Indian Giver. A Comedy. ... A farce. Boston and New York, 1900. Bride Roses. A Scene. ..."

3. The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster (1873)
"There was substituted a new farce of Lemon's, to Tne f.irce substi- which, however, Dickens soon contributed so many jokes tuted. and so much ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1817)
"Frightened to Death ! a musical farce, in Two Acts, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane. By WC Oulton, Author of " All in good Humour;" " The ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1782)
"The Marriage AR: A farce. In Two Ans. As it is performed at the Theatre ... The Divorce, a farce, as it was performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. ..."

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