Comedy: alternatives and connections

A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorou…

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Sport; merriment; frolicsome amusement.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

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To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff.

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A type of comedy involving exaggerated physical actions

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Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition.

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Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

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Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

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Relating to comedy.

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Relating to comedy.

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The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.

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A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species…

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A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species…

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