What does Farce mean?

Definitions for Farce
fɑrsfarce

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Farce.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. farce, farce comedy, travestynoun

    a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

  2. forcemeat, farceverb

    mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

  3. farce, stuffverb

    fill with a stuffing while cooking

    "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"

Wiktionary

  1. farcenoun

    A style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method; compare sarcasm

  2. farcenoun

    A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.

    The farce that we saw last night had us laughing and shaking our heads at the same time.

  3. farcenoun

    A situation abounding with ludicrous incidents

    The first month of labor negotiations was a farce.

  4. farcenoun

    A ridiculous or empty show

    The political arena is a mere farce, with all sorts of fools trying to grab power.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Farcenoun

    A dramatick representation written without regularity, and stuffed with wild and ludicrous conceits.

    Etymology: from the verb; or from farcer, French, to mock.

    There is yet a lower sort of poetry and painting, which is out of nature; for a farce is that in poetry which grotesque is in a picture: the persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false; that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind: grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this. John Dryden, Dufresnoy.

    What should be great, you turn to farce. Matthew Prior.

    They object against it as a farce, because the irregularity of the plot should answer to the extravagance of the characters, which they say this piece wants, and therefore is no farce. John Gay.

  2. To FARCEverb

    Etymology: farcio, Latin; farcir, French.

    Wrestling is a pastime which either the Cornishmen derived from Corineus, their first pretended founder, or at least it ministred some stuff to the farcing of that fable. Carew.

    ’Tis not the balm, the sceptre and the ball,
    The sword, the mace, the crown imperial,
    The entertissu’d robe of gold and pearl,
    The farced title running ’fore the king. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

Wikipedia

  1. Farce

    In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable. Farce is also characterized by physical humor, the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense, and broadly stylized performances. It is also often set in one particular location, where all events occur. Farces have been written for the stage and film. The term farce is derived from the French word for "stuffing", in reference to improvisations applied by actors to medieval religious dramas. Later forms of this drama were performed as comical interludes during the 15th and 16th centuries. The oldest surviving farce may be Le Garçon et l'aveugle (The Boy and the Blind Man) from after 1266, although the earliest farces that can be dated come from between 1450 and 1550. The best known farce is La Farce de maître Pathelin (The Farce of Master Pathelin) from c. 1460.

ChatGPT

  1. farce

    Farce is a type of comic dramatic work or genre, often characterized with highly exaggerated and funny situations, absurd actions, broad humor, physical slapstick actions, sexual innuendos, and absurdity that is aimed at entertaining the audience through humor and inducing laughter. It typically involves practical jokes, mistaken identities, misunderstandings, and ludicrous complexities in the plot.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Farceverb

    to stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff

  2. Farceverb

    to render fat

  3. Farceverb

    to swell out; to render pompous

  4. Farceverb

    stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat

  5. Farceverb

    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

  6. Farceverb

    ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce

  7. Etymology: [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. to fence in, stop up. Cf. Force to stuff, Diaphragm, Frequent, Farcy, Farse.]

Wikidata

  1. Farce

    In theatre, a farce is a comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable. Farces are often highly incomprehensible plot-wise, but viewers are encouraged not to try to follow the plot in order to avoid becoming confused and overwhelmed. Farce is also characterized by physical humor, the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense, and broadly stylized performances. Farces have been written for the stage and film. Furthermore, a farce is also often set in one particular location, where all events occur. Japan has a centuries-old tradition of farce plays called Kyōgen. These plays are performed as comic relief during the long, serious Noh plays.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Farce

    färs, n. a style of comedy marked by low humour and extravagant wit: ridiculous or empty show.—n. Far′ceur, a joker.—adj. Far′cical.—n. Farcical′ity, farcical quality.—adv. Far′cically.—v.t. Far′cify, to turn into a farce. [Fr. farce, stuffing, from L. farcīre, to stuff, applied, acc. to H. Bradley, to words put between Kyrie and Eleison in religious services, then to the interpolated gag in a religious play, next a buffoon performance.]

  2. Farce

    färs, v.t. to cram: to stuff, fill with stuffing: (Shak.) to swell out.—n. Far′cing, stuffing. [O. Fr. farsir—L. farcīre, to cram.]

Matched Categories

How to pronounce Farce?

How to say Farce in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Farce in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Farce in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Farce in a Sentence

  1. Mark Warner:

    If they insist upon carrying out this farce, White House and its Republican allies in White House will do permanent, longstanding damage to the practice of bipartisan congressional oversight of intelligence.

  2. Brandon Wu of ActionAid:

    This is unacceptable on its own, and the fact that it is being done in the name of 'climate finance' makes a farce of the entire concept.

  3. Steven Weinberg:

    The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy.

  4. Zaki Mohamed:

    I cannot participate in a farce like this, does it makes sense to have a referendum on articles in the constitution without studying these articles and for whose interest? We have gone many years back, back to the authority of the individual.

  5. San Cristobal resident Ruth Molina:

    It doesn't matter what he says. It's all just a farce to cover up the economic reality, the worst part of Maduro's speech is that inflation is so bad, by the time he finishes, prices will have risen again.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

Farce#10000#31654#100000

Translations for Farce

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

Get even more translations for Farce »

Translation

Find a translation for the Farce definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Farce." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/Farce>.

Discuss these Farce definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for Farce? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Image or illustration of

    Farce

    Credit »

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    being essentially equal to something
    A usurious
    B tantamount
    C sesquipedalian
    D valetudinarian

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for Farce: