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DictionarySeecomedycomedy of errors
comedy of errorsA situation or series of events characterized by a number of humorous or ridiculous mix-ups, mishaps, or blunders. Taken from one of Shakespeare's early comedies, The Comedy of Errors. Their business was a comedy of errors by the end, with orders constantly being confused, employees arriving at the wrong time, and the financial accounts being all over the place. The story is a delightful comedy of errors, in which every sort of mistake and confusion that can arise does—with everything working out just fine in the end, of course.See also: comedy, error, ofcomedy of errorsA complex or humorous series of events, as in Mary and John went to the Smiths', while the Smiths went to the Parkers', and the Parkers wondered why no one answered the door at John and Mary's-a true comedy of errors . The term borrows the title of Shakespeare's play, The Comedy of Errors, about two sets of twin brothers, master and slave, who are separated in infancy, and the mix-ups occurring when they arrive in the same place many years later. [c. 1600] See also: comedy, error, of comedy of errors A ludicrous event or sequence of events: The candidate's campaign turned out to be a political comedy of errors.See also: comedy, error, ofComedy of Errors
Comedy of Errorsbased on Plautus’s Menaechmi, with two sets of twins. [Br. Lit.: Comedy of Errors]See: Twins |