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F0035600 (färs)n.1. a. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.b. The branch of literature constituting such works.c. The broad or spirited humor characteristic of such works.2. A ludicrous, empty show; a mockery: The fixed election was a farce.3. A seasoned stuffing, as for roasted turkey.tr.v. farced, farc·ing, farc·es 1. To pad (a speech, for example) with jokes or witticisms.2. To stuff, as for roasting.

[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.]

farce

(fɑːs) n1. (Theatre) a broadly humorous play based on the exploitation of improbable situations2. (Theatre) the genre of comedy represented by works of this kind3. a ludicrous situation or action4. (Cookery) Also: farcemeat another name for forcemeatvb (tr) 5. to enliven (a speech, etc) with jokes6. (Cookery) to stuff (meat, fowl, etc) with forcemeat[C14 (in the sense: stuffing): from Old French, from Latin farcīre to stuff, interpolate passages (in the mass, in religious plays, etc)]

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n., v. farced, farc•ing. n. 1. a comedy based on unlikely situations and exaggerated effects. 2. humor of the type displayed in such works. 3. a foolish or meaningless show; ridiculous sham; mockery. 4. a stuffing; forcemeat. v.t. 5. to enliven (a speech or composition), esp. with witty material. 6. to stuff; cram. [1300–50; Middle English fars stuffing < Middle French farce < Vulgar Latin *farsa, n. use of feminine of Latin. farsus stuffed, past participle of farcīre to stuff]

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- First meant forcemeat stuffing and came to be used metaphorically when a humorous play was "stuffed" in between two more serious acts of the main theatrical presentation—or for interludes of impromptu buffoonery in a dramatic presentation.See also related terms for metaphor.

forcemeat, farce - A highly seasoned mixture containing chopped meat, forcemeat is an alteration of farcemeat, "stuffing," and has a synonym—farce.See also related terms for stuffing.

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Past participle: farced
Gerund: farcing

Imperative
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Present
I farce
you farce
he/she/it farces
we farce
you farce
they farce

Preterite
I farced
you farced
he/she/it farced
we farced
you farced
they farced

Present Continuous
I am farcing
you are farcing
he/she/it is farcing
we are farcing
you are farcing
they are farcing

Present Perfect
I have farced
you have farced
he/she/it has farced
we have farced
you have farced
they have farced

Past Continuous
I was farcing
you were farcing
he/she/it was farcing
we were farcing
you were farcing
they were farcing

Past Perfect
I had farced
you had farced
he/she/it had farced
we had farced
you had farced
they had farced

Future
I will farce
you will farce
he/she/it will farce
we will farce
you will farce
they will farce

Future Perfect
I will have farced
you will have farced
he/she/it will have farced
we will have farced
you will have farced
they will have farced

Future Continuous
I will be farcing
you will be farcing
he/she/it will be farcing
we will be farcing
you will be farcing
they will be farcing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been farcing
you have been farcing
he/she/it has been farcing
we have been farcing
you have been farcing
they have been farcing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been farcing
you will have been farcing
he/she/it will have been farcing
we will have been farcing
you will have been farcing
they will have been farcing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been farcing
you had been farcing
he/she/it had been farcing
we had been farcing
you had been farcing
they had been farcing

Conditional
I would farce
you would farce
he/she/it would farce
we would farce
you would farce
they would farce

Past Conditional
I would have farced
you would have farced
he/she/it would have farced
we would have farced
you would have farced
they would have farced

farce

A humorous play whose structure consists of character stereotypes, mishaps, coinincidences, innuendo and embarrassing disclosures.

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Noun	1.	farce - a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situationsfarce comedy, travestycomedy - light and humorous drama with a happy ending
	2.	farce - mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggsforcemeatstuffing, dressing - a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetables
Verb	1.	farce - fill with a stuffing while cooking; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?"stuffcookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"stuff - fill tightly with a material; "stuff a pillow with feathers"fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

farce

noun1. comedy, satire, slapstick, burlesque, buffoonery, broad comedy The plot often borders on farce.2. mockery, joke, nonsense, parody, shambles, sham, absurdity, travesty, ridiculousness The election was a farce, as only 22% of voters cast their ballots.

farce

nounA false, derisive, or impudent imitation of something:burlesque, caricature, mock, mockery, parody, sham, travesty.

Translations

滑稽戏笑剧闹剧

farce

(faːs) noun1. a (kind of) comic play in which both the characters and the events shown are improbable and ridiculous. The play is a classic farce. 笑剧，滑稽戏 2. any funny or stupid situation in real life. The meeting was an absolute farce.闹剧farcical (ˈfaːsikəl) adjective completely ridiculous, and therefore usually humorous. The whole idea was farcical.滑稽的

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farce,

light, comic theatrical piece in which the characters and events are greatly exaggerated to produce broad, absurd humor. Early examples of farce can be found in the comedies of Aristophanes, Plautus, and Terence. During the Middle Ages the term farce designated interpolations made in the church litany by the clergy. Later it came to mean comic scenes inserted into church plays. The farce emerged as a separate genre in 15th-century France with such plays as the anonymous La farce de Maître Pierre Pathelin (c.1470). In England two of the earliest and best-known farces are Ralph Roister Doister (1566) and Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors (c.1593). Instances of farcical elements, such as broad, ribald humor, physical buffoonery, and absurd situations can be found in many plays that are not termed farces, such as the comedies of Molière. In the 19th and early 20th cent. plays called "bedroom farces," best exemplified in the works of Feydeau, were popular. Usually French or modeled on the French, they had suggestive dialogue, and they usually concerned erring husbands and wives, silly servants, and mistaken identity. In the 20th cent., farce found new expression in the films of Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Kops, and the Marx Brothers.

Bibliography

See A. Bermel, Farce (1983).

Farce

(1) A genre of folk theater and literature that was widespread in Western Europe from the 14th to 16th centuries. Farce was humorous and often satirical and was marked by realism and cheerful free-thinking. The heroes of farce were city dwellers; the peasantry and petty nobility were always satirized. The genre’s stock characters, devoid of individualized features, such as the stupid husband, shrewish wife, dull-witted judge, charlatan, pedantic scholar, and swindler, represented the first attempt to create social types. Farce made extensive use of buffoonery.

Such 15th-century French farces as The Washtub and The Lawyer Pathelin attained the greatest popularity. Farce influenced the democratic trend in French acting, as represented by the 17th-century farce-players Tabarin, Gros-Guillaume, Gaultier-Garguille, and Turlupin. Farce also influenced the plays of Molière.

The traditions of Italian farce became the basis of the commedia dell’arte. English farce was reflected in Shakespeare’s comedies, and Spanish farce, in L. de Rueda’s one-act plays and Cervantes’ intermedia. German farce, or Fastnachtspiel, was reflected in works by H. Sachs.

Farce underwent a certain revival in the late 19th century and the 20th century in the satirical plays of A. Jarry and B. Brecht. The techniques of farcical buffoonery survive in the performances of circus clowns.

(2) In the 19th and 20th centuries, a bourgeois dramatic genre unrelated to folk traditions; a superficial, frivolous, and often risqué comedy.

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noun a false, derisive, or impudent imitation of something

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noun a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

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

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verb fill with a stuffing while cooking

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