Restoration comedyn.

Brit.

/ˌrɛstəˌreɪʃn ˈkɒmᵻdi/, U.S.

/ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃ(ə)n ˈkɑmədi/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: restoration n., comedy n.¹

Etymology: < restoration n. (compare sense 1c(a) at that entry) + comedy n.¹

A style of drama which flourished in London after the Restoration in 1660, typically having a complicated plot marked by wit, cynicism, and licentiousness.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > other types of comedy

Old Comedy1529

New Comedy1542

comedy of errors?1595

romantic comedy1748

musical comedy1765

comédie larmoyante1773

sketch1789

serio-comedy1808

vaudeville1827

teacup-and-saucer comedy1842

satyr play1845

Restoration comedy1866

zarzuela1888

situation comedy1893

sex comedy1915

sitcom1956

1853 W. M. Thackeray in Harper's Mag. June 85/2 That miserable, rouged, tawdry, sparkling, hollow-hearted comedy of the Restoration fled before him [sc. Steele].]

1866 J. Hannay Course of Eng. Lit. vii. 137 That the coarseness and licence of the Restoration comedy was a reaction against Puritanism, has often been pointed out.

1898 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. viii. ii. 487 The cloven foot of Restoration comedy—the passionless and malevolent licentiousness of too much thereof.

1910 Encycl. Brit. IX. 630/2 Restoration comedy at first followed Jonson.

1925 B. Dobrée Congreve's Comedies I. p. xii The Restoration comedy writers..keep us dancing along to a gay tune.

1955 N. Marsh Scales of Justice iii. 53 ‘Kettle,’ Lady Lacklander said... Nurse Kettle did not resent being addressed in this restoration-comedy fashion by Lady Lacklander.

1976 Amer. Notes & Queries 15 35/1 In Restoration comedy, reference is often made to the ‘canonical hours’.

1990 Financial Rev. (Sydney) 3 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) 6/4 The flourishes and deadly wit of Restoration comedy and its performance style are central to the play.

2007 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 26 Nov. 15 Farquhar's plot, which involves more than a dozen characters in a jolly roundelay of intrigues and misunderstandings, is classic Restoration comedy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	restoration comedy
释义	Restoration comedyn. Brit. /ˌrɛstəˌreɪʃn ˈkɒmᵻdi/, U.S. /ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃ(ə)n ˈkɑmədi/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: restoration n., comedy n.¹ Etymology: < restoration n. (compare sense 1c(a) at that entry) + comedy n.¹ A style of drama which flourished in London after the Restoration in 1660, typically having a complicated plot marked by wit, cynicism, and licentiousness. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > a comedy > other types of comedy Old Comedy1529 New Comedy1542 comedy of errors?1595 romantic comedy1748 musical comedy1765 comédie larmoyante1773 sketch1789 serio-comedy1808 vaudeville1827 teacup-and-saucer comedy1842 satyr play1845 Restoration comedy1866 zarzuela1888 situation comedy1893 sex comedy1915 sitcom1956 1853 W. M. Thackeray in Harper's Mag. June 85/2 That miserable, rouged, tawdry, sparkling, hollow-hearted comedy of the Restoration fled before him [sc. Steele].] 1866 J. Hannay Course of Eng. Lit. vii. 137 That the coarseness and licence of the Restoration comedy was a reaction against Puritanism, has often been pointed out. 1898 G. Saintsbury Short Hist. Eng. Lit. viii. ii. 487 The cloven foot of Restoration comedy—the passionless and malevolent licentiousness of too much thereof. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IX. 630/2 Restoration comedy at first followed Jonson. 1925 B. Dobrée Congreve's Comedies I. p. xii The Restoration comedy writers..keep us dancing along to a gay tune. 1955 N. Marsh Scales of Justice iii. 53 ‘Kettle,’ Lady Lacklander said... Nurse Kettle did not resent being addressed in this restoration-comedy fashion by Lady Lacklander. 1976 Amer. Notes & Queries 15 35/1 In Restoration comedy, reference is often made to the ‘canonical hours’. 1990 Financial Rev. (Sydney) 3 Aug. (Weekend Suppl.) 6/4 The flourishes and deadly wit of Restoration comedy and its performance style are central to the play. 2007 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 26 Nov. 15 Farquhar's plot, which involves more than a dozen characters in a jolly roundelay of intrigues and misunderstandings, is classic Restoration comedy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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