comedy of errors
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comedy of errors
- /ˌkɒmɪdi əv ˈɛɹəz/ UK
- /ˌkɑmədi əv ˈɛɹəɹz/ US
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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.
noun comedies of errors
- 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 […]
- 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.
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noun comedy in which the humour is due to misinterpretations, mistaken identity, etc.
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title = {comedy of errors},
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