Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A comic, often farcical opera.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from Italian opera buffa; see opera buffa.]

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