comedy of errors
noun/ˌkɒmɪdi əv ˈɛɹəz/UK/ˌkɑmədi əv ˈɛɹəɹz/US
Etymology
From comedy + of + errors, probably coined by the English playwright William Shakespeare (c. 1564 – 1616) as the title of the play The Comedy of Errors (written c. 1594; published 1623), about two sets of identical twins separated at birth who are involved in a series of mistaken identities.
Definitions
A comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc.
- [I]n ſome comedyes of Errors, […] the Miſtres and the Maide change habits […]
- VVhat Comedies''' of errors ſvvell the ſtage / VVith your moſt publike vices, vvhen the age / Dares perſonate in action, for, your eies / Ranke Sceanes of your luſt-ſvveating qualities: […]
- [S]uch a comedy of errors, brought about by back doors, private ſtair-caſes, and falſe keys, might pleaſe the romantic taſte of the Spaniards, but vvill never bear the teſt of Engliſh criticiſm.
A series of amusing or farcical events involving awkward missteps or other mistakes.
- It ſhall not be amiſſe (for him that vvill read) firſt to beholde this ſhort Comedy of Errors, and vvhere the greateſt enter, to giue them inſtead of a hiſſe, a gentle correction.
- I think I have seen such comedies of errors going on in the world.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA