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tragifarce en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of tragedy + farce.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A dramatic work that combines elements of tragedy and farce.
    • The latter is, according to its director, "a tragic phantasmagoria, a grotesque tragicomedy, or perhaps a lyrical tragifarce," as well as a political allegory, and only has a few moments of percussive pop music (along with quotes from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Shakespeare's 66th sonnet). 1988 May 6, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Social Criticism”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 31 May 2016:

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