farcicaladj.1
/ˈfɑːsᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈfɑrsək(ə)l/ 1. Of or belonging to farce; of the nature of farce.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adjective] > comical
merryc1390
pleasant1553
comical1575
mowsome1596
zany1616
burlesque1656
humoursome1656
farce-like1681
foolish1691
farcical1715
amusive1727
farciful1731
funny1739
farcic1763
quizzical1785
quizzy1785
quizzish1792
rib-tickling1809
smileable1830
cocasse1868
priceless1907
skit1914
funny-ha-ha1916
gas1955
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [adjective] > comedy > farce
farcical1715
1715 J. Gay What d'ye call It Pref. sig. Aivv They deny the Characters to be Farcical, because they are actually in Nature.
1744 M. Akenside Let. to Dyson in Poems (1845) 276 A Dutch tragedy..farcical beyond anything in Aristophanes.
1818 J. Foster Let. 20 May in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 4 A farcical and operatic cast to the whole concern.
1877 E. Dowden Shakspere (Macmillan Lit. Primers) vi. 65 The Comedy of Errors is Shakespere's one farcical play.
2. Resembling farce; extremely ludicrous; that is matter only for laughter; absurdly futile.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > fact or condition of being mocked or ridiculed > [adjective] > ridiculous > thoroughly
perridiculousc1600
farcical1740
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > absurdly
farcicala1817
1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber iii. 50 Vice, and Farcical Folly.
1796 Accurate & Impartial Narr. Campaigns 1793–4 (ed. 3) I. i. ix. 83 Fine farcical shew and parade.
a1817 R. L. Edgeworth Mem. (1820) I. 74 My farcical marriage and more farcical divorce.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. iii. 282 Nor is Death a farcical transaction.
Derivatives
ˈfarcically adv. in a farcical manner.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > comically or humorously
mirthfully1508
comically1581
drolly1662
funnily1749
farcicallya1779
ticklingly1898
pricelessly1934
zanily1958
a1779 Langhorne (T.) Images that are farcically low.
1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. 54 That disposition to treat high and serious subjects farcically.
ˈfarcicalness n. farcical quality.
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Farcicalness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
farcicaladj.2
/ˈfɑːsᵻkl/, U.S. /ˈfɑrsək(ə)l/ Pertaining to the farcy.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > glanders, strangles, or farcy
farcina1425
farciminous1607
chineda1640
glandered1667
glanderous1727
farcical1762
farcied1830
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. i. 4 I wish..that every imitator..had the farcy..;and that there was a good farcical house, large enough to hold..them.
1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xv. 317 A mare had been the subject of farcical enlargements.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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