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comediettas

comediettas is the plural of comedietta.

Meaning of comedietta

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

Questions about comediettas

What is comediettas the plural of?
Comediettas is the plural of comedietta.

Words near comediettas in the dictionary

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

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