From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfarcefarce /fɑːs $ fɑːrs/ noun 1 [singular]FAIL an event or a situation that is very badly organized or does not happen properly, in a way that is silly and unreasonable She admitted that the interview had been a complete farce from start to finish.2 [countable, uncountable] a humorous play or film in which the characters are involved in complicated and silly situations, or the style of writing or acting that is used
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farce• The speed limits on that stretch of road are a farce.• a farce by Feydeau• More literary games, but here intellectual conceits are mixed with bawdy farce.• But the incidents and the relationships developed along the way give it a wily balance of farce and sentiment.• I think that we should stop this farce, here and now.Origin farce (1500-1600) French Latin farcire “to stuff (= fill with a mixture of cut-up food)”; because early religious plays often had humorous parts put into them 