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buffo en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian buffo.

Meanings

1. A comic singer, particularly in comic opera
   • Signor Bruschino was updated from a generic buffo character to an oily, scholarly-looking, suit-clad neurotic, excellently acted and sung by Marco Nistico. 2007 January 27, Vivien Schweitzer, “Young Lovers, a Vespa and a Frolic by Rossini”, in New York Times:

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