demi-caractère
demi-caractère adjective: which, in the historical French nomenclature, was halfway between serious (sérieux) and comic (comique); typically, where the protagonists or the plot were not noble enough compared to those derived from mythology or history, but could still convey serious emotions (see for example the 1886 Camille Bellaigue quotation about Bizet's opera Carmen under French demi-caractère).
Adjective
demi-caractère (not comparable)
- Which, in the historical French nomenclature, was halfway between serious (sérieux) and comic (comique); typically, where the protagonists or the plot were not noble enough compared to those derived from mythology or history, but could still convey serious emotions (see for example the 1886 Camille Bellaigue quotation about Bizet's opera Carmen under French demi-caractère)
- Synonyms:
- demicharacter
Synonyms of demi-caractère
Origin of demi-caractère
Borrowed from French demi-caractère.
Questions about demi-caractère
- What does demi-caractère mean?
- Demi-caractère means which, in the historical French nomenclature, was halfway between serious (sérieux) and comic (comique); typically, where the protagonists or the plot were not noble enough compared to those derived from mythology or history, but could still convey serious emotions (see for example the 1886 Camille Bellaigue quotation about Bizet's opera Carmen under French demi-caractère).
- What part of speech is demi-caractère?
- Demi-caractère is an adjective.
Words near demi-caractère in the dictionary
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