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noun
An early form of Italian theatre characterised by stock characters in a variety of masks, popular in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: commedia
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Italian comedy of the 16th to 18th centuries improvised from standardized situations and stock characters
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: comedy
History
Unadapted borrowing from Italian commedia dell'arte (literally “comedy of the art”).
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
