Definition of Farce comedy

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

Exact synonyms: Farce, Travesty
Generic synonyms: Comedy
Derivative terms: Farcical, Travesty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Farce Comedy

farand
farandole
farandoles
farang
farangs
farantly
faravahar
faraway
farawayness
faraways
farblondjet
farbrengen
farby
farce
farce comedy (current term)
farced
farcelike
farcement
farcements
farcer
farcers
farces
farceur
farceurs
farceuse
farceuses
farci
farcical
farcicalities

Literary usage of Farce comedy

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

1. Comedians All by George Jean Nathan (1919)
"Thus, while in his very first sentence he says that the piece is a farce comedy, he finds fault with the farce comedy because the farce comedy achieves ..."

2. Shakspere's predecessors in the English drama by JOHN ADDINGTON. SYMONDS (1884)
"... Comedy—Fletcher's Romantic Comedy and Comedy of Intrigue—Hybrids between Pastoral and Allegory—Farce—Comedy of Manners—Jonson.—XIV. ..."

3. Fifth Avenue Events: A Brief Account of Some of the Most Interesting Events by Fifth Avenue Bank of New York (1916)
"... the throng and approach the General were announced to him by a little man who got most of them wrong, and the affair took on an air of farce-comedy. ..."

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