farce
[ fahrs ]
/ fɑrs /
noun
a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
humor of the type displayed in such works.
foolish show; mockery; a ridiculous sham.
Cookery.
forcemeat.
verb (used with object), farced, farc·ing.
to season (a speech or composition), especially with witty material.
Obsolete.
to stuff; cram.
Origin of farce
1300–50; (noun) Middle English
fars stuffing < Middle French
farce < Vulgar Latin
*farsa, noun use of feminine of Latin
farsus, earlier
fartus stuffed, past participle of
farcīre to stuff; (v.) Middle English
farsen < Old French
farcir < Latin
farcīre
OTHER WORDS FROM farce
un·farced, adjectiveWords nearby farce
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British Dictionary definitions for farce
farce
/ (fɑːs) /
noun
a broadly humorous play based on the exploitation of improbable situations
the genre of comedy represented by works of this kind
a ludicrous situation or action
Also: farcemeat another name for forcemeat
verb (tr) obsolete
to enliven (a speech, etc) with jokes
to stuff (meat, fowl, etc) with forcemeat
Word Origin for farce
C14 (in the sense: stuffing): from Old French, from Latin
farcīre to stuff, interpolate passages (in the mass, in religious plays, etc)