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Definition of Farces

Farce
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. 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. 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. 3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. ``The farce of state.' --Pope.
Farce
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.] The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets. --Bp. Sanderson. His tippet was aye farsed full of knives. --Chaucer. 2. To render fat. [Obs.] If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs. --B. Jonson. 3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.] Farcing his letter with fustian. --Sandys.

Meaning of Farces from wikipedia

- fantastical genres. Farces are often episodic or short in duration, often being set in one specific location where all events occur. Farces have historically...
- farces in Ancient Rome. The Oscan athletic games were very po****r, and usually preceded by longer pantomime plays. The origin of the Atellan Farce is...
- Some of the English Aldwych farces by Ben Travers which were po****r in the 1920s and 1930s have aspects of "bedroom farce", e.g. A Cuckoo in the Nest...
- Bedroom Farce may refer to: Bedroom farce, a type of light comedy focusing on ****ual pairings and recombinations of characters Bedroom Farce (play), a...
- tradition of British farce, following the Aldwych farces, which pla**** at the Aldwych Theatre between 1924 and 1933. The five farces were as follows: Rix...
- Farce of the Penguins is a 2007 American nature mockumentary film written and directed by Full House star Bob Saget. It is a parody of the French feature-length...
- The Walworth Farce is a 2006 play by Enda Walsh. A council flat on the Walworth Road, Elephant and Castle, London. Dinny is exiled from his native Cork...
- Farced is an album by the American band Volcano Suns. It was released in 1988 via SST Records. The Providence Journal deemed the album "muscular post-punk...
- The Aldwych farces were a series of twelve stage farces presented at the Aldwych Theatre, London, nearly continuously from 1923 to 1933. All but three...
- Kalldewey, Farce is a 1981 play by the German writer Botho Strauß. It follows a couple, Lynn and Hans, who are mysteriously unable to break up, are visited...