adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
farcical
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl/
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CMU ARPABET: F AA1 R S AH0 K AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to farcy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete, rare
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, pathology, sciences, veterinary, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the wild farcical exuberance of a clown
- ludicrous green hair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ludicrous, ridiculous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From farce + -ical, after comical etc.
Etymology tree English farcy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English farcical From farcy + -ical.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: bespottelijk — absurd
- Dutch: lachwekkend — absurd
- Dutch: kluchtig — absurd
- Dutch: belachelijk — absurd
- Esperanto: ridinda — absurd
- Finnish: farssimainen — absurd
- Finnish: järjetön — absurd
- French: ridicule — absurd
- French: risible — absurd
- French: farfelu — absurd
- French: burlesque — absurd
- French: grotesque — absurd
- German: grotesk — absurd
- German: irrwitzig — absurd
- German: aberwitzig — absurd
- German: absurd — absurd
- Icelandic: fáránlegur — absurd
- Icelandic: farsakenndur — absurd
- Icelandic: farsakennd — absurd
- Icelandic: farsakennt — absurd
- Icelandic: fjarstæðukenndur — absurd
- Latin: mimicus — absurd
- Polish: farsowy — absurd
- Romanian: caraghios — absurd
- Romanian: absurd — absurd
- Romanian: burlesc — absurd
- Romanian: grotesc — absurd
- Russian: фарсовый (farsovyj) — absurd
- Spanish: farsesco — absurd
- Swedish: farsartad — absurd
- Tagalog: matiyaw — absurd