comedietta

noun

co·​me·​di·​et·​ta

kəˌmēdēˈetə,

-mād-

plural -s

: a light farcical comedy

Word History

Etymology

obsolete Italian (now commedietta), diminutive of obsolete comedia (now commedia), from Latin comoedia

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