farse

noun
/fɑː(ɹ)s/

Etymology

From Medieval Latin farsa. Doublet of farce.

  1. borrowed from farsa

Definitions

  1. A vernacular paraphrase inserted into Latin liturgy.

  2. To insert vernacular paraphrases into (a Latin liturgy).

    • There is also evidence of glossing (or farsing) the texts of the Epistles read in the masses of the Christmas Octave.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for farse. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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