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high comedy

high comedy noun: a type of comedy characterized by witty dialogue and satire, as opposed to lowbrow farce.

Noun

high comedy (countable and uncountable, plural high comedies)

  1. A type of comedy characterized by witty dialogue and satire, as opposed to lowbrow farce.

high comedy meaning in Tamil

high comedy in Tamil

உயர் இன்பியற்கூத்து

Forms of high comedy

pluralhigh comedies

Origin of high comedy

Coined in England in 1877 by George Meredith for his Essay on Comedy.

Questions about high comedy

What does high comedy mean?
High comedy means a type of comedy characterized by witty dialogue and satire, as opposed to lowbrow farce.
What is high comedy in Tamil?
High comedy in Tamil is உயர் இன்பியற்கூத்து. See High comedy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is high comedy?
High comedy is a noun.
What is the plural of high comedy?
The plural of high comedy is high comedies.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: high comedy (page history and authors); high comedy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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