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farcical

adj
/ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪkəl/

Etymology

From farce + -ical, after comical etc.

  1. derived from farciō
  2. derived from farsa
  3. derived from farse
  4. inherited from fars,farsse
  5. borrowed from farce — “farce (style of humor); stuffing”
  6. suffixed as farcical — “farce + ical”

Definitions

  1. Resembling a farce

    Resembling a farce; ludicrous; absurd.

    • In August the generals won approval for the document in a referendum made farcical by a law which forbade campaigners from criticising the text.

  2. Pertaining to farcy.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA