Farce Definition
färs
farced, farces, farcing
noun
farces
An exaggerated comedy based on broadly humorous, highly unlikely situations.
Webster's New World
The branch of literature constituting such works.
American Heritage
Stuffing, as for a fowl.
Webster's New World
Broad humor of the kind found in such plays.
Webster's New World
Something absurd or ridiculous, as an obvious pretense.
His show of grief was a farce.
Webster's New World
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verb
farces
To pad (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.
American Heritage
To fill out with or as with stuffing or seasoning.
To farce a play with old jokes.
Webster's New World
To stuff, as for roasting.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Farce
Noun
Singular:
farce
Plural:
farcesOrigin of Farce
Middle English farse stuffing from Old French farce stuffing, interpolation, interlude from Vulgar Latin farsa from feminine of Latin farsus variant of fartus past participle of farcīre to stuff
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English farcen, from Old French farsir, farcir, from Latin farcire (“to cram, stuff”).
From Wiktionary
From Middle French farce (“comic interlude in a mystery play”).
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