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comœdie

comœdie is the obsolete spelling of comedy.

Meaning of comedy

Noun

comedy (countable and uncountable, plural comedies)

  1. (countable, historical) a choric song of celebration or revel, especially in Ancient Greece
  2. (countable) a light, amusing play with a happy ending
    • A Midsummer Night's Dream is among Shakespeare's most famous comedies.
  3. (Europe, Medieval, countable) a narrative poem with an agreeable ending (e.g., The Divine Comedy)
  4. (countable) a dramatic work that is light and humorous or satirical in tone
  5. the genre of such works
  6. (uncountable) entertainment composed of jokes, satire, or humorous performance
    • Why would you be watching comedy when there are kids starving right now?

See all 8 meanings of comedy

Forms of comœdie

pluralcomœdies

Questions about comœdie

What is comœdie the obsolete spelling of?
Comœdie is the obsolete spelling of comedy.

Words near comœdie in the dictionary

  1. COMUSNAVCENT
  2. comédienne
  3. comédiennes
  4. Comănești
  5. comœdic
  6. comœdie
  7. comœdies
  8. comœdy
  9. con
  10. con amore
  11. con artist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: comœdie (page history and authors); comedy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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