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farce
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Farce
(gcide) | Farce \Farce\, n. [F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes
farctus), p. p. pf farcire. See Farce, v. t.]
1. (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used
on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
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2. 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.
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Farce is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in a
picture: the persons and action of a farce are all
unnatural, and the manners false. --Dryden.
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3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. "The farce of
state." --Pope.
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Farce
(gcide) | Farce \Farce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farced, p. pr. & vb. n.
Farcing.] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. ???????? to
fence in, stop up. Cf. Force to stuff, Diaphragm,
Frequent, Farcy, Farse.]
1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled
ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.]
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The first principles of religion should not be
farced with school points and private tenets. --Bp.
Sanderson.
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His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. --Chaucer.
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2. To render fat. [Obs.]
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If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. --B. Jonson.
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3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]
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Farcing his letter with fustian. --Sandys.
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farce
(wn) | farce
n 1: a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable
situations [syn: farce, farce comedy, travesty]
2: mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios
and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and
bound with eggs [syn: forcemeat, farce]
v 1: fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the
turkey yet?" [syn: farce, stuff] |
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farce comedy
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Farce
(gcide) | Farce \Farce\, n. [F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes
farctus), p. p. pf farcire. See Farce, v. t.]
1. (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used
on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.
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2. 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.
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Farce is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in a
picture: the persons and action of a farce are all
unnatural, and the manners false. --Dryden.
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3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. "The farce of
state." --Pope.
[1913 Webster]Farce \Farce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farced, p. pr. & vb. n.
Farcing.] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. ???????? to
fence in, stop up. Cf. Force to stuff, Diaphragm,
Frequent, Farcy, Farse.]
1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled
ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.]
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The first principles of religion should not be
farced with school points and private tenets. --Bp.
Sanderson.
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His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. --Chaucer.
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2. To render fat. [Obs.]
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If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. --B. Jonson.
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3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]
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Farcing his letter with fustian. --Sandys.
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Farced
(gcide) | Farce \Farce\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farced, p. pr. & vb. n.
Farcing.] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. ???????? to
fence in, stop up. Cf. Force to stuff, Diaphragm,
Frequent, Farcy, Farse.]
1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled
ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.]
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The first principles of religion should not be
farced with school points and private tenets. --Bp.
Sanderson.
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His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. --Chaucer.
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2. To render fat. [Obs.]
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If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. --B. Jonson.
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3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]
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Farcing his letter with fustian. --Sandys.
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Farcement
(gcide) | Farcement \Farce"ment\, n.
Stuffing; forcemeat. [Obs.]
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They spoil a good dish with . . . unsavory farcements.
--Feltham.
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farces
(gcide) | Drama \Dra"ma\ (dr[aum]"m[.a] or dr[=a]"m[.a]; 277), n. [L.
drama, Gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n to do, act; cf. Lith. daryti.]
1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action,
and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to
depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than
ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It
is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by
actors on the stage.
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A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon.
--Milton.
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2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and
interest. "The drama of war." --Thackeray.
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Westward the course of empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
A fifth shall close the drama with the day;
Time's noblest offspring is the last. --Berkeley.
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The drama and contrivances of God's providence.
--Sharp.
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3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or
illustrating it; dramatic literature.
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Note: The principal species of the drama are tragedy and
comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy,
melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces.
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The romantic drama, the kind of drama whose aim is to
present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like
those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories
told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds.
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Infarce
(gcide) | Infarce \In*farce"\, v. t. [L. infarcire: pref. in- in +
farcire, fartum and farctum, to stuff, cram.]
To stuff; to swell. [Obs.]
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The body is infarced with . . . watery humors. --Sir T.
Elyot.
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farce comedy
(wn) | farce comedy
n 1: a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable
situations [syn: farce, farce comedy, travesty] |
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