farce

[farce]

A farce is a broad satire or comedy, though now it's used to describe something that is supposed to be serious but has turned ridiculous. If a defendant is not treated fairly, his lawyer might say that the trial is a farce.

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

Noun
a comedy characterized by broad satire and improbable situations

Noun
mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs

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

v. t.
To render fat.

v. t.
To swell out; to render pompous.

v. t.
Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.

v. t.
A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.

v. t.
Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce.

Farce

Farce , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Farced , p. pr. & vb. n. Farcing .] [F. Farcir, L. farcire; akin to Gr. to fence in, stop up. Cf. Force to stuff, Diaphragm, Frequent, Farcy, Farse.] 1. To stuff with forcemeat; hence, to fill with mingled ingredients; to fill full; to stuff. [Obs.]

The first principles of religion should not be farced with school points and private tenets.

His tippet was aye farsed full of knives.

2. To render fat. [Obs.]

If thou wouldst farce thy lean ribs.

3. To swell out; to render pompous. [Obs.]

Farcing his letter with fustian.

Farce

Farce, n. [F. farce, from L. farsus (also sometimes farctus), p.p. pf farcire. See Farce, v. t.] 1. (Cookery) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat. 2. A low style of comedy; a dramatic composition marked by low humor, generally written with little regard to regularity or method, and abounding with ludicrous incidents and expressions.

Farce is that in poetry which "grotesque" is in a picture: the persons and action of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false.

3. Ridiculous or empty show; as, a mere farce. "The farce of state." Pope.

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

Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat.

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Usage Examples

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

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Other Usage Examples

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.