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comedietta

comedietta noun: a dramatic composition of the comedy class, but not so much elaborated as a regular comedy, and generally consisting of one or at most two acts.

Noun

comedietta (plural comediettas)

  1. A dramatic composition of the comedy class, but not so much elaborated as a regular comedy, and generally consisting of one or at most two acts.
    • He once lay in hiding for two months with the duchesse du Maine at Sceaux, where were produced the comedietta of La Prude and the tragedy of Rome sauvée, […]1911, G[eorge] Sa[intsbury], “Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume XXVIII, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 201, column 2

Forms of comedietta

pluralcomediettas

Origin of comedietta

From the Italian diminutive of commedia (“comedy”).

Questions about comedietta

What does comedietta mean?
Comedietta means a dramatic composition of the comedy class, but not so much elaborated as a regular comedy, and generally consisting of one or at most two acts.
What part of speech is comedietta?
Comedietta is a noun.
What is the plural of comedietta?
The plural of comedietta is comediettas.

Words near comedietta in the dictionary

  1. comedienne
  2. comediennes
  3. comedies
  4. comedies of errors
  5. comedies of manners
  6. comedietta
  7. comediettas
  8. comedist
  9. comedists
  10. comedize
  11. comedized

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